Field Notes · Catnum 165849 · score 3 — moderate uncertainty
Nest built in dense canopy of living honeysuckle vines foot thick, 7½ feet from ground, in top of a white oak sprout, one of a clump of bushes and saplings in a large field, well hidden by thick foliage. Large, amply made of weed and grass stems, grass blades, mud, and lined thickly with fine, dry grasses; deep-cupped. North Wales High School was built almost upon site of nest.
Metadata · Catnum 165849
Date06 May 1927
LocalityNorth Wales, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.211119, -75.271798 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen TypeE
Incubationhalf (transcribed as “Half-incubated”)
Identificationbird on nest (transcribed as “Saw female on nest”)
Nest Height2.29 m (7.5 feet)
Nest Supportwhite oak sprout
Nest Materialsweed stems, grass stems, grass blades, mud
Nest Liningfine dry grasses
Nest Settingdense canopy of living honeysuckle vines in clump of bushes and saplings in large field
Nest NotesLarge, amply made nest, deep-cupped, well hidden by thick foliage. North Wales High School was built almost upon site of nest.
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✦ Anecdote
The nest site was later developed, with North Wales High School built almost directly on top of where this robin nested, providing an interesting historical record of habitat transformation.