Field Notes · Catnum 165730 · score 9 — moderate uncertainty
Nest empty on 22d. Built in a triple crotch on a wild cherry sapling 12 feet from the ground, along creek, in edge of golf course where front trees grow. Compactly made of common fine grasses and mud, lined thickly with fine, soft grass blades; of average size and deeply cupped. I put 6 Robin's eggs, a set of 3, in this nest, intending I believe to keep boys from taking them or the young as they do annually at locality where this nest was built.
Metadata · Catnum 165730
Date29 Apr 1941
LocalityFrankford, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.016518, -75.103021 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen TypeE
Incubationunknown
Identificationunknown
Nest Height3.66 m (12 feet)
Nest Supportwild cherry sapling
Nest Materialsfine grasses, mud
Nest Liningfine, soft grass blades
Near Waternear water
Nest Settingalong creek, in edge of golf course where front trees grow
Nest NotesNest empty on 22d. Built in a triple crotch, compactly made, of average size and deeply cupped. Collector placed 6 Robin's eggs (a set of 3) in this nest to prevent boys from taking them annually at this locality.
Further DetailsTwo fresh; 2 started | 761 | 241/4
✦ Anecdote
The collector artificially placed 6 Robin eggs from another nest into this empty nest as a conservation measure to protect them from local children who regularly took eggs and young birds from this location.