Field Notes · Catnum 165722 · score 10 — moderate uncertainty
Found completed on 26th ult. Situated 36" up on sawed-off top of a red maple stump, 4" wide, in swampy thicket along Wissinoming creek between two upright sprouts. Composed mostly of dry grasses, weed stalks and mud, lined thickly with dry grass blades. Large and bulky as lots of construction in such a site. Looked like a bulkier nest.
Metadata · Catnum 165722
Date06 May 1916
LocalityWissinoming, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.03081, -75.067015 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen TypeE
Incubationslight (transcribed as “Slightly Incubated”)
Identificationunknown
Nest Height0.91 m (36 inches)
Nest Supportsawed-off top of a red maple stump
Nest Materialsdry grasses, weed stalks, mud
Nest Liningdry grass blades
Near Waternear water
Nest Settingswampy thicket along Wissinoming creek between two upright sprouts
Nest NotesLarge and bulky construction for such a site. Looked like a bulkier nest. 4 inches wide.
Further DetailsFox nest | 761 | 179/4
✦ Anecdote
This record mentions 'Fox nest' in the other info field, which is puzzling as this is clearly a bird nest record for American Robin eggs.