Field Notes · Catnum 164981 · Typed card
Found cat on this nest nosing the eggs; 1 fallen on ground beneath and broken; 1 in nest, I collected; there may have been another; Bird was on the nest, the eggs warm, at 10 am.
Metadata · Catnum 164981
Date27 May 1949
LocalityNashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA
Coordinates36.1658554, -86.7844009 ↗ map
CollectorMonk, Harry C.
Eggs in Set2
Specimen TypeE
Incubationfresh
Identificationbird on nest
Nest NotesFound cat on this nest nosing the eggs; 1 fallen on ground beneath and broken; 1 in nest, I collected; there may have been another; Bird was on the nest, the eggs warm, at 10 am.
HeaderWESTERN FOUNDATION OF VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY
Further DetailsA10-653 | 593 | 593 1/1-49
✦ Anecdote
This record documents a cat predation event in progress, with the collector arriving to find a cat nosing the eggs and one already broken on the ground beneath the nest.