Field Notes · Catnum 135668 · score 1 — low uncertainty
Nest was 14 ft. up in a slanting willow at bottom of a street embankment, placed on an oblique crotch beside two small branches. Compactly made of grass and weed stems and fibers and much mud, lined thickly with soft grasses. Width outside 4 1/2 inches, inside 3 3/4 inches; depth outside 4 1/2 inches, inside 2 1/4 inches. Large and barely visible from the ground.
Metadata · Catnum 135668
Date25 Apr 1907
LocalityWissinoming, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.022089, -75.063782 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set3
Specimen Typee
Incubationfresh
Identificationpositive (transcribed as “certain”)
Nest Height4.27 m (14 feet)
Nest Supportslanting willow
Nest Materialsgrass, weed stems, fibers, mud
Nest Liningsoft grasses
Nest Settingbottom of a street embankment
Nest NotesNest placed on an oblique crotch beside two small branches. Compactly made. Width outside 4.5 inches, inside 3.75 inches; depth outside 4.5 inches, inside 2.25 inches. Large and barely visible from the ground.
Further Details1511/3