Field Notes · Catnum 167261 · score 7 — moderate uncertainty
Nest in a veritable thicket of low bushes, vines and brambles, in corner of low wooded bluff, near a creek, built 4 feet up in a tangle of grape vines and not very well hidden. Loosely made of grasses, vine stems and tendrils, a thin layer of beech leaves and a thicker layer of fine grape vine bark strips. Lined thickly with brownish white vine tendrils. Very earliest nest for a clutch. Contents: middle 5", outside depth 3½", Diameter 1" 2½", inside 2".
Metadata · Catnum 167261
Date11 Apr 1921
LocalityBustleton, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.076655, -75.044561 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen TypeE
Incubationfresh
Identificationunknown
Nest Height1.22 m (4 feet)
Nest Supporttangle of grape vines
Nest Materialsgrasses, vine stems, tendrils, beech leaves, grape vine bark strips
Nest Liningbrownish white vine tendrils
Near Waternear water
Nest Settingthicket of low bushes, vines and brambles, in corner of low wooded bluff
Nest NotesNot very well hidden. Loosely made. Very earliest nest for a clutch. Contents: middle 5", outside depth 3½", Diameter 1" 2½", inside 2".
HeaderBirds Socy
Further DetailsLa Grange: Pennypack Park | 4-May
✦ Anecdote
This record notes it was the "very earliest nest for a clutch" for Northern Cardinal, suggesting unusually early breeding activity for the species.