Field Notes · Catnum 165811 · score 8 — moderate uncertainty
Nest built in a double crotch, 15 feet from the ground, in a slender wild cherry sapling densely draped with honeysuckle, was in a thicket in border of a sand of big trees and amply hidden by the foliage. Compactly made of weed stalks, grass stems and blades, and much lined thickly with grass broken of unusual size and deeply cupped.
Metadata · Catnum 165811
Date19 May 1906
LocalityTacony Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.031765, -75.109063 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set3
Specimen TypeE
Incubationslight (transcribed as “Slightly Incubated”)
Identificationunknown (transcribed as “No Birds Seen”)
Nest Height4.57 m (15 feet)
Nest Supportwild cherry sapling
Nest Materialsweed stalks, grass stems and blades
Nest Lininggrass
Nest Settingthicket in border of sand of big trees, densely draped with honeysuckle
Nest NotesBuilt in a double crotch, amply hidden by foliage. Compactly made and thickly lined with grass broken of unusual size and deeply cupped.
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✦ Anecdote
The nest lining is described as made of 'grass broken of unusual size,' which is an uncommon descriptive detail that suggests the collector noted something distinctive about the grass material used.