Field Notes · Catnum 165768 · score 3 — moderate uncertainty
Nest in stone house cut in half by widening of a street, 20 ft from ground, floored on laths against rafter close to wall, pretty well hidden. Composed mostly of grasses and mud, lined thickly with fine dry, soft grasses; deeply cupped, of average size.
Metadata · Catnum 165768
Date30 Apr 1929
LocalityMount Airy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.048166, -75.198305 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen TypeE
Incubationunknown
Identificationflushed (transcribed as “Saw ♂ flushed from nest”)
Nest Height6.1 m (20 feet)
Nest Supportlaths against rafter
Nest Materialsgrasses, mud
Nest Liningfine dry soft grasses
Nest Settingstone house cut in half by widening of a street
Nest NotesNest floored on laths against rafter close to wall, pretty well hidden. Deeply cupped, of average size.
Further DetailsEarly Line and | 761 | 222/4
✦ Anecdote
This nest was found in a stone house that had been cut in half by street widening, creating an unusual urban nesting situation where the robin adapted to the architectural remnants.