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Location

Big Creek Ranger Station parking lot
Haywood, North Carolina, United States
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Map
Map Coordinates: 35.760011, -83.105596
Age and sex
Adult Male - 1
Sounds
Mechanical sound
Playback
Playback not used

Media notes

1:51 minute video shows a male Northern Cardinal repeatedly attacking its reflection with a piece of gravel. Big Creek Ranger Station parking lot, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee, USA. Video cited in: Love JP, Stanek RE, and Jarrett RE. 2024. Agonistic tool use?: A Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) uses pebbles to strike its reflection. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology. DOI: 10.1676/24-00059

Observation details

Male Northern Cardinal used pebbles to repeatedly strike its reflection in car mirror.

Technical information

Camera
Nikon D500 camera
Microphone
Accessories
Tamron SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2 lens
Original file size
281.01 MB