Field Notes · Catnum 167276 · score 11 — high uncertainty
Built rather up in a large clump of Blackberry brambles (in pasture) six feet above a vacant house along a lane in a small and well hidden. Lowly made, frail and resembled a Rose Breasted Grosbeak's, composed of grape vine bark strips and lined with fine brown vine tendrils; quite shallow but of average width but not depth. P. Seen | Wild Creek
Metadata · Catnum 167276
Date11 Jun 1927
LocalityGladwyne, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.04056, -75.27944 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set2
Specimen TypeE
Incubationfresh
Identificationunknown
Nest Height1.83 m (6 feet)
Nest SupportBlackberry brambles
Nest Materialsgrape vine bark strips
Nest Liningfine brown vine tendrils
Nest Settinglarge clump of Blackberry brambles in pasture
Nest NotesBuilt rather up in a large clump, well hidden, six feet above a vacant house along a lane. Lowly made, frail and resembled a Rose Breasted Grosbeak's nest, quite shallow but of average width but not depth. P. Seen at Wild Creek.
Further DetailsP. Seen | Wild Creek | 53/2
✦ Anecdote
The nest was located six feet above a vacant house, which is an unusual nesting site placement for a Northern Cardinal, and the collector noted it resembled a Rose-breasted Grosbeak's nest rather than typical Cardinal construction.