Field Notes · Catnum 135674 · score 6 — moderate uncertainty
25 ft. up in willow on bank of creek, between two small triple crotch. Composed of grass, weed stems and mud, lined thickly with fine, soft grasses. Compact and well built. Second nest & set was taken with eggs from same tree on May 17th, but was in a different site.
Metadata · Catnum 135674
Date12 Jun 1903
LocalityFrankford, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.014874, -75.078951 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set3
Specimen Typee
Incubationadvanced (transcribed as “well begun”)
Identificationbird seen (transcribed as “by the birds”)
Nest Height7.62 m (25 feet)
Nest Supportwillow
Nest Materialsgrass, weed stems, mud
Nest Liningfine, soft grasses
Near Waternear water
Nest Settingbank of creek
Nest NotesLocated between two small triple crotch. Compact and well built. Second nest & set was taken with eggs from same tree on May 17th but was in a different site.
HeaderCollection of Richard F. Miller.
Further Details10724 | 49
✦ Anecdote
This record documents two separate nests from the same tree, with a second nest and egg set collected from a different location in the same willow on May 17th.