Field Notes · Catnum 165751 · score 2 — low uncertainty
Nest placed between an upright crotch in a thin willow tree, 9 feet from the ground, standing on edge of Frankford creek. Found empty on April 24th. Nest well and strongly built, made of fine willow twigs, cottony weed fibres (of Ambrosia trifida), grasses and mud, lined thickly with fine, soft and dry grasses; well cupped.
Metadata · Catnum 165751
Date09 May 1916
LocalityFrankford, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.01446, -75.094087 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set3
Specimen TypeE
Incubationadvanced (transcribed as “about 7 days advanced”)
Identificationbird seen
Nest Height2.74 m (9 feet)
Nest Supportupright crotch in a thin willow tree
Nest Materialsfine willow twigs, cottony weed fibres (of Ambrosia trifida), grasses, mud
Nest Liningfine, soft and dry grasses
Near Waternear water
Nest Settingedge of Frankford creek
Nest NotesNest well and strongly built, well cupped. Found empty on April 24th.
HeaderOölogical Collection of Richard F. Miller.
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