Field Notes · Catnum 165709 · score 6 — moderate uncertainty
Placed 9 ft up in a wild cherry sprout in thicket of P.R.R. bank, between double carstick. Large, compact, of cotton waste (cotton), several pieces of rag (1 a foot long, 1 inch wide), grasses, weed fibres and mud, thickly lined with dry grasses.
Metadata · Catnum 165709
Date08 Jun 1911
LocalityHolmesburg, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.03766, -75.017701 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen TypeE
Incubationfresh
Identificationbird on nest
Nest Height2.74 m (9 feet)
Nest Supportwild cherry sprout
Nest Materialscotton waste, rag, grasses, weed fibres, mud
Nest Liningdry grasses
Nest Settingthicket of P.R.R. bank, between double carstick
Nest NotesLarge, compact nest with notably long rag strips (one piece a foot long, 1 inch wide)
HeaderCOLLECTION OF RICHARD F. MILLER, PHILADELPHIA, PENNA.
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✦ Anecdote
This nest contained unusually large pieces of fabric, including a rag strip measuring a full foot long by one inch wide, which is remarkably substantial material for a robin nest.