Field Notes · Catnum 167183 · score 11 — high uncertainty
In a hillside thicket, fairly well hidden, 7 feet up in a thick honeysuckle vine tangle upon bushes on edge of a small opening. Lined with wool, vine and grass stems, and a few grape vine bark strips. Made thickly with fine and tendrils deeply cupped, of unusual size.
Metadata · Catnum 167183
Date29 Apr 1930
LocalityMount Airy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.0655921, -75.1853228 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set3
Specimen TypeE
Incubationadvanced (transcribed as “2 advanced, 1 infertile”)
Identificationbird on nest (transcribed as “saw parents on nest”)
Nest Height2.13 m (7 feet)
Nest Supporthoneysuckle vine tangle
Nest Materialsfine tendrils
Nest Liningwool, vine and grass stems, grape vine bark strips
Nest Settinghillside thicket on edge of small opening
Nest Notesfairly well hidden, made thickly and deeply cupped, of unusual size
HeaderOOLOGICAL COLLECTION OF RICHARD F. MILLER, PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Further Details139/3
✦ Anecdote
This nest is noted as being of unusual size, which is uncommon for Northern Cardinal nests that are typically quite standardized in their dimensions.