Field Notes · Catnum 165801 · score 3 — moderate uncertainty
Nest placed on steel railroad bridge (seldom used) across road, 25 ft. from ground & about 4 ft. from track, directly under a rail beneath a tie. Large & compactly made of weed & grass stems & stalks, plastered together with mud & lined thickly with dry grasses.
Metadata · Catnum 165801
Date20 Apr 1908
LocalityLawndale, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.05028, -75.09194 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set3
Specimen TypeE
Incubationfresh
Identificationpositive
Nest Height7.62 m (25 feet)
Nest Supportsteel railroad bridge
Nest Materialsweed stems, grass stems, stalks, mud
Nest Liningdry grasses
Nest Settingrailroad bridge spanning Oxford Pike
Nest NotesNest placed directly under a rail beneath a tie on seldom used railroad bridge, about 4 ft. from track. Large and compactly made, plastered together with mud and lined thickly.
HeaderCOLLECTION OF RICHARD F. MILLER, PHILADELPHIA, PENNA.
Further DetailsNest on the railroad bridge spanning Oxford Pike | 761 | 1a
✦ Anecdote
This nest was built in an extremely unusual location - directly under a railroad rail beneath a tie on a steel bridge 25 feet above ground, demonstrating remarkable adaptability to human infrastructure.