Field Notes · Catnum 165765 · score 11 — high uncertainty
Nest built 29 inches up in a willow tree in Delaware River meadows, near the river, behind a boathouse, upon a horizontal branch three thirds towards trunk. Compactly made of weeds, grasses and mud lined thickly with dry grass blades. Philadelphia Electric Co. supergenerating plant now built on site of nest.
Metadata · Catnum 165765
Date16 May 1906
LocalityBridesburg, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates39.999077, -75.071257 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set3
Specimen TypeE
Incubationinfertile (transcribed as “Infertile; others with large chicks”)
Identificationunknown
Nest Height0.74 m (29 inches)
Nest Supportwillow tree
Nest Materialsweeds, grasses, mud
Nest Liningdry grass blades
Near Waternear water
Nest SettingDelaware River meadows
Nest NotesNest built upon a horizontal branch three thirds towards trunk. Compactly made and lined thickly. Philadelphia Electric Co. supergenerating plant now built on site of nest. Now called Richmond - 1935.
Further Details* Now called Richmond - 1935. | 761 | 92A/3
✦ Anecdote
This nest site was later destroyed by industrial development, with a Philadelphia Electric Company power plant built where the robin nest once stood.