Field Notes · Catnum 165786 · score 2 — low uncertainty
Nest placed 7 feet up in dead honeysuckle vines entwining a thin shrub, against stem, on side of low bank containing big trees along Susquehanna road, securely situated. Well made nest of coarse grasses and mud, and a thick lining of soft dry and fine grasses; deeply cupped. A Robin's nest occupied the same site several times during the past ten years. Eggs quite small.
Metadata · Catnum 165786
Date28 Apr 1916
LocalityFox Chase, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.084144, -75.074969 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen TypeE
Incubationfresh (transcribed as “Quite fresh.”)
Identificationpositive (transcribed as “Positive identification”)
Nest Height2.13 m (7 feet)
Nest Supportdead honeysuckle vines entwining a thin shrub
Nest Materialscoarse grasses, mud
Nest Liningsoft dry and fine grasses
Nest Settingside of low bank containing big trees along Susquehanna road
Nest NotesNest placed against stem, securely situated. Well made and deeply cupped. A Robin's nest occupied the same site several times during the past ten years. Eggs quite small.
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✦ Anecdote
This nest site was remarkably consistent, with robins returning to occupy the same location repeatedly over a ten-year period.