Field Notes · Catnum 165823 · score 2 — low uncertainty
Nest about 5 feet up in a stunted, branchy, black mulberry tree 20 feet high on bank of old, waterless millrace, close to foot path along Church road, in plain view to all passersby; placed in well-formed crotch. Well made of a long narrow piece of dirty white rag, weed stems, grasses and mud, lined thickly with soft, dry grasses. Robbed at 10:40 P.M.; bird flew silently off in the moonlight.
Metadata · Catnum 165823
Date08 May 1916
LocalityElkins Park, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.072501, -75.122875 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen TypeE
Incubationnear hatching (transcribed as “large embryos”)
Identificationbird on nest (transcribed as “bird seen on nest”)
Nest Height1.52 m (5 feet)
Nest Supportstunted, branchy, black mulberry tree
Nest Materialslong narrow piece of dirty white rag, weed stems, grasses, mud
Nest Liningsoft, dry grasses
Nest Settingbank of old, waterless millrace, close to foot path along Church road
Nest NotesNest placed in well-formed crotch of 20 feet high tree, in plain view to all passersby. Robbed at 10:40 P.M.; bird flew silently off in the moonlight.
HeaderOölogical Collection of Richard F. Miller
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✦ Anecdote
This nest was unusually conspicuous, built in plain view of passersby along a footpath, and was robbed at night (10:40 PM) with the collector noting the bird's silent departure in the moonlight.