Field Notes · Catnum 165854 · score 4 — moderate uncertainty
Nest held eggs 3 days ago. Situated 4 feet up in a clump of Rhododendron bushes 6 feet high. Composed of short sticks with a roof, on edge of a wood at bottom of a slope along Wallenpaupack Creek. Compactly made of weed and grass stems and mud, and lined thinly with grass blades, deeply cupped and level. Placed in a triple crotch.
Metadata · Catnum 165854
Date03 Jun 1927
LocalitySouth Sterling, Wayne, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates41.264305, -75.346978 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set3
Specimen TypeE
Incubationcommenced (transcribed as “Started”)
Identificationunknown
Nest Height1.22 m (4 feet)
Nest SupportRhododendron bushes
Nest Materialsshort sticks, weed stems, grass stems, mud
Nest Lininggrass blades
Near Waternear water
Nest Settingclump of Rhododendron bushes 6 feet high, on edge of a wood at bottom of a slope
Nest NotesNest held eggs 3 days ago. Composed with a roof, compactly made, deeply cupped and level. Placed in a triple crotch.
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✦ Anecdote
This American Robin nest is unusual in being described as having a roof, which is atypical for the species as robins normally build open cup nests.