Field Notes · Catnum 221579 · score 5 — moderate uncertainty
Nest very frail composed of grass a few leaves and grapevine bark lined with fine orange colored stems. Placed in a branch of bush which had been eaten by flood in small willow tree seven feet above water.
Metadata · Catnum 221579
Date05 May 1891
LocalityGreene, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates39.870946, -80.2111115 ↗ map
CollectorJacobs, Warren
Eggs in Set3
Specimen TypeC
Incubationcommenced (transcribed as “three days”)
Identificationunknown
Nest Height2.13 m (7 feet)
Nest Supportbranch of bush in small willow tree
Nest Materialsgrass, leaves, grapevine bark
Nest Liningfine orange colored stems
Near Waterabove water
Nest Settingsmall willow tree
Nest NotesNest very frail. Bush had been eaten by flood.
HeaderFrom the Collection of J. Warren Jacobs, ORNITHOLOGIST & OOLOGIST, Waynesburg, Greene Co., Pa.
Further Details3-Jan
✦ Anecdote
This nest was built in a bush that had been damaged by flooding, with the nest positioned seven feet above the water level, suggesting the cardinal adapted to flood-altered habitat conditions.