Field Notes · Catnum 114595 · score 7 — moderate uncertainty
1 set 4 fresh eggs. Nest in cottonwood tree 4 ft. from ground, of mud lined with grass. Ident. by bird. Det. March 2/4. | 1 set four fresh eggs. Nest in cottonwood tree 9 ft. up. Built as usual of mud lined with grass. Ident. by bird. Reno, Nevada. Det. March. Cance 3/4.
Metadata · Catnum 114595
Date03 May 1908
LocalityReno, Washoe, Nevada, USA
CollectorNot recorded
Eggs in Set4
Specimen Typee
Incubationfresh
Identificationbird seen (transcribed as “Ident. by bird.”)
Nest Height1.22 m (4 feet)
Nest Supportcottonwood tree
Nest Materialsmud
Nest Lininggrass
Nest NotesTwo separate nest records appear to be combined - one nest at 4 ft. and another at 9 ft. up in cottonwood trees, both from Reno, Nevada in March
Further DetailsNote book # 70 | Note book # 69 | over D-636 | D-638
✦ Anecdote
This record appears to document two separate American Robin nests from the same general time and location, with conflicting height measurements (4 feet vs 9 feet), suggesting either two different collecting events or a transcription error.