Field Notes · Catnum 167168 · score 13 — high uncertainty
Nest was empty on 2nd visit. Situated 30 inches up in dead persimmon, six inches depending from a broken sapling in a thicket on a bluff, in wood along creek, and partly hidden. Loosely made of fine twigs, huckleberry wood stalks, several shellbark twigs broken and a thin layer of grape vine tendrils, lined thickly with fine reddish-yellow grass stems. Quite symmetrical, of average size and well cupped.
Metadata · Catnum 167168
Date08 May 1926
LocalityNorth Pennsville, Camden, New Jersey, USA
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set3
Specimen TypeE
Incubationslight (transcribed as “Slightly Incubated”)
Identificationunknown
Nest Height0.76 m (30 inches)
Nest Supportdead persimmon
Nest Materialsfine twigs, huckleberry wood stalks, shellbark twigs, grape vine tendrils
Nest Liningfine reddish-yellow grass stems
Near Waternear water
Nest Settingthicket on a bluff, in wood along creek
Nest NotesNest was empty on 2nd visit. Six inches depending from a broken sapling, partly hidden. Loosely made, quite symmetrical, of average size and well cupped.
HeaderFox Nest
Further Details102/3
✦ Anecdote
The header lists this as a 'Fox Nest' despite being catalogued as a Northern Cardinal nest record, suggesting either a labeling error or unusual field circumstances.