Field Notes · Catnum 165838 · score 6 — moderate uncertainty
Nest more: Egg found on ground in a pasture by a barn, on fence by my sister. It was a miracle how it ever escaped being trod on by cattle or escaped the sharp eyes of crows that roam over the farm every morning.
Metadata · Catnum 165838
Date22 Apr 1921
LocalityFranklinville, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.17944, -75.27806 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set1
Specimen TypeE
Incubationfresh
Identificationpositive (transcribed as “Identification positive”)
Nest Settingpasture by a barn
Nest NotesEgg found on ground in a pasture by a barn, on fence by collector's sister. Remarkably avoided being trampled by cattle or taken by crows that roam the farm each morning.
Further Details761 | 1/1 1921
✦ Anecdote
This record is highly unusual because it documents a single American Robin egg found on the ground rather than in a nest, which survived despite being in a cattle pasture exposed to trampling and crow predation.