Field Notes · Catnum 167228 · score 15 — high uncertainty
Fox Nest. Not an empty one but situated six feet up in a 15 foot walnut along a fringe of sumac. A longitudinal crack left in it from a storm; a branch was left growing in a thicket in an academy and was hidden. Loosely made of grass and vine stems, dead tree leaves and grape vine bark strips (thin layers), lined thickly with fine grass stems and vine tendrils. Of average size.
Metadata · Catnum 167228
Date06 Jun 1929
LocalityHolmesburg, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.043891, -75.040324 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set3
Specimen TypeE
Incubationfresh
Identificationunknown
Nest Height1.83 m (6 feet)
Nest Supportwalnut tree
Nest Materialsgrass, vine stems, dead tree leaves, grape vine bark strips
Nest Liningfine grass stems, vine tendrils
Nest Setting15 foot walnut along a fringe of sumac in a thicket in an academy
Nest NotesNest was situated in a longitudinal crack left from storm damage with a branch growing in it. Nest was hidden and loosely made, of average size.
Further DetailsFox Nest | Poquessing Meadow | 135/3
✦ Anecdote
This record is unusual because it's labeled as a 'Fox Nest' but contains a Northern Cardinal nest record, and the nest was built inside a storm-damaged crack in a walnut tree.