Field Notes · Catnum 167266 · score 12 — high uncertainty
Nest held same eggs on 11th inst. Situated 6 feet up in a dense tangle of wild grape vines yard-thick on a bush in edge of a thicket of a wood, beside a meadow field and slightly hidden by the thick vines. Lovely made of grasses, vine stems and tendrils, few dead tree leaves and bark strips, lined thinly with fine grass stems. Deeply cupped and of normal size. There was a nest in the identical site on April 26, 1925 from which I took 3 eggs.
Metadata · Catnum 167266
Date18 Apr 1921
LocalityBustleton, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.058968, -75.031442 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set2
Specimen TypeE
Incubationadvanced (transcribed as “Late incubated”)
Identificationunknown
Nest Height1.83 m (6 feet)
Nest Supportwild grape vines
Nest Materialsgrasses, vine stems, tendrils, dead tree leaves, bark strips
Nest Liningfine grass stems
Nest Settingdense tangle of wild grape vines on a bush in edge of a thicket of a wood, beside a meadow field
Nest NotesDeeply cupped and of normal size. There was a nest in the identical site on April 26, 1925 from which collector took 3 eggs. Nest held same eggs on 11th inst.
Further DetailsAge Factory Woods | 38/2
✦ Anecdote
The collector found a nest in the exact same location where they had previously collected eggs from another cardinal nest on April 26, 1925, suggesting either site fidelity or that this particular microhabitat is especially favorable for nesting.