Field Notes · Catnum 78895 · Typed card
Nest: Built of spanish moss rather deeply cupped, and lined with coarse then finer grasses in the forks of an orange tree— 4½ feet above ground. Parent bird female flushed from nest, remained in the tree and scolded. This is a very unusually colored set of eggs for this species and was collected for me for this reason by Wray.
Metadata · Catnum 78895
Date20 May 1966
LocalityOrlando, Orange, Florida, USA
CollectorNicholson, Wray H.
Eggs in Set3
Specimen Typec
Incubationslight (transcribed as “Very slight”)
Identificationpositive
Nest Height1.37 m (4.5 feet)
Nest Supportorange tree
Nest Materialsspanish moss
Nest Liningcoarse grasses, fine grasses
Nest NotesFemale flushed from nest, remained in tree and scolded. Collected by Wray for unusual egg coloration.
HeaderThe Oological Collection of Charles E. Carter - Orlando, Florida
Further DetailsWN/3
✦ Anecdote
This set was specifically collected because the eggs had very unusual coloration for Northern Cardinal, which the collector found remarkable enough to have someone else collect it for him.