Field Notes · Catnum 165714 · score 10 — moderate uncertainty
Sour & moist. In tree row in large field, 6 feet from ground in a large mayzard cherry tree terribly covered with poison ivy vines, upon dead flat mass of mistletoe & bird tree trunk - Compactly made of weed stalks, grass stems and blades and mud, lined thickly with rootlets; of average size. Hunted and examined trunks.
Metadata · Catnum 165714
Date10 May 1917
LocalityHolmesburg, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.032841, -75.02628 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen TypeE
Incubationfresh
Identificationunknown
Nest Height1.83 m (6 feet)
Nest Supportmayzard cherry tree
Nest Materialsweed stalks, grass stems and blades, mud
Nest Liningrootlets
Nest Settingtree row in large field
Nest NotesNest described as sour and moist. Located on dead flat mass of mistletoe and bird tree trunk. Tree terribly covered with poison ivy vines. Compactly made and of average size. Other info mentions hunted and examined trunks.
Further DetailsHunted and examined trunks | 761 | 189/4
✦ Anecdote
The nest is described as 'sour & moist' which is an unusual sensory description, and it was built upon a 'dead flat mass of mistletoe' in a tree 'terribly covered with poison ivy vines', creating quite a hazardous collecting situation.