Field Notes · Catnum 165723 · score 4 — moderate uncertainty
Nest: placed 2 1/2 ft. up in a willow upon flat top of limb sawn off amid cluster of upright shoots, in tree row in edge of marsh & at bottom of a steep R.R. embankment. Compact, large, of grass stems, weed strips & fibres, plastered with mud, thickly lined with yellowish grasses.
Metadata · Catnum 165723
Date17 May 1911
LocalityFrankford, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.014874, -75.078951 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen TypeE
Incubationfresh
Identificationpositive (transcribed as “By noisy owners”)
Nest Height0.76 m (2.5 feet)
Nest Supportwillow
Nest Materialsgrass stems, weed strips, fibres, mud
Nest Liningyellowish grasses
Near Waternear water
Nest Settingtree row in edge of marsh at bottom of steep railroad embankment
Nest NotesPlaced upon flat top of limb sawn off amid cluster of upright shoots. Compact, large construction plastered with mud and thickly lined.
HeaderCOLLECTION OF RICHARD F. MILLER, PHILADELPHIA, PENNA.
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