Field Notes · Catnum 105300 · score 4 — moderate uncertainty
Nest very frail composed of grasses, a few leaves and grapevine bark, lined with fine grass and tendrils. Placed in a bunch of drift which had been lodged by flood, seven feet up in willow-tree along small stream.
Metadata · Catnum 105300
Date05 May 1891
LocalityGreene, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates39.870946, -80.2111115 ↗ map
CollectorJacobs, Warren
Eggs in Set3
Specimen Typee
Incubationslight
Identificationunknown
Nest Height2.13 m (7 feet)
Nest Supportwillow tree
Nest Materialsgrasses, leaves, grapevine bark
Nest Liningfine grass, tendrils
Near Waternear water
Nest Settingsmall stream
Nest NotesNest very frail, placed in a bunch of drift which had been lodged by flood
HeaderFrom the Collection of J. Warren Jacobs, ORNITHOLOGIST & OOLOGIST, Waynesburg, Greene Co., Pa.
Further Details787 | 3-Jan
✦ Anecdote
This nest was unusually placed in flood debris lodged in a tree, suggesting the cardinal opportunistically used flood-deposited material as a nesting foundation.