Field Notes · Catnum 104012 · score 6 — moderate uncertainty
Nest composed of grass, mud and weeds lined with fine grass, outside diameter, 5.5 inches, depth 4.5 inches, inside diameter, 3.75 inches, depth 1.75 inches. Placed on trash lodged in willows 7 feet up over running water.
Metadata · Catnum 104012
Date30 Apr 1892
LocalityGreene, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates39.870946, -80.2111115 ↗ map
CollectorJacobs, J. Warren
Eggs in Set3
Specimen Typee
Incubationslight
Identificationunknown
Nest Height2.13 m (7 feet)
Nest Supportwillows
Nest Materialsgrass, mud, weeds
Nest Liningfine grass
Near Waterabove water
Nest NotesOutside diameter 5.5 inches, depth 4.5 inches, inside diameter 3.75 inches, depth 1.75 inches. Placed on trash lodged in willows.
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Further DetailsNo. 946 | No. 761 | 3-Apr
✦ Anecdote
This nest was built on trash that had become lodged in willow branches over running water, showing how birds can adapt to using human refuse as nesting substrate.