Field Notes · Catnum 152773 · Typed card
Yancey County N.C. May 25 1952. Elevation about 5500 feet. Nest well made and deeply cupped, made of straw and rootlets on outside of mud cup lined with fine straw placed about six feet up in a fork of a rhododendron bush in an open spot on side of mountain. Many robins seen everywhere we went in the mountains on this trip found a few new and many old nests. Four slightly incubated eggs, bird on nest when found.
Metadata · Catnum 152773
Date25 May 1952
LocalityYancey, North Carolina, USA
CollectorKelly, Virgil F.; Jr.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen Typee
Incubationslight (transcribed as “Four slightly incubated eggs”)
Identificationbird on nest
Nest Height1.83 m (6 feet)
Nest Supportfork of a rhododendron bush
Nest Materialsstraw, rootlets, mud
Nest Liningfine straw
Nest Settingopen spot on side of mountain
Nest NotesNest well made and deeply cupped with mud cup construction. Many robins seen everywhere in the mountains on this trip, found a few new and many old nests.
Further DetailsK-257 | B44-52 | B-4-52
✦ Anecdote
This nest was found at an unusually high elevation of about 5500 feet in the North Carolina mountains, which is notable for American Robin nesting habitat.