Field Notes · Catnum 165737 · score 13 — high uncertainty
Nest 8 feet up in a hunting, thin melon tree in lowly natural area by Friends' Asylum. Compactly made of weed stalks, dry grasses, mud and lined thickly with grape blocks, several lumps. Pieces of paper in it also, one is torn sharply.
Metadata · Catnum 165737
Date24 Apr 1909
LocalityFrankford, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.025511, -75.096788 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen TypeE
Incubationslight (transcribed as “Slightly Incubated.”)
Identificationunknown
Nest Height2.44 m (8 feet)
Nest Supportmelon tree
Nest Materialsweed stalks, dry grasses, mud
Nest Lininggrape blocks
Nest Settingnear Friends' Asylum
Nest NotesCompactly made. Several lumps noted. Pieces of paper incorporated into nest structure, one torn sharply.
HeaderRobin
Further DetailsLow Nest. | 761 | 71/4
✦ Anecdote
This nest unusually incorporated pieces of paper into its structure, including one piece that was noted as being torn sharply, which is an uncommon building material for American Robin nests.