Field Notes · Catnum 165876 · score 5 — moderate uncertainty
On old ruined sideless wharf along creek, placed on a thick beam beside a pile and a girder, 5" under the floor from top about 6 ft. above high water mark. Compactly made of grasses plastered with mud lined thickly with dry grasses.
Metadata · Catnum 165876
Date19 May 1912
LocalityPensauken, Camden, New Jersey, USA
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen TypeE
Incubationone third
Identificationpositive
Nest Height1.83 m (6 feet)
Nest Supportthick beam beside a pile and a girder
Nest Materialsgrasses, mud
Nest Liningdry grasses
Near Waternear water
Nest Settingold ruined sideless wharf along creek
Nest NotesPlaced 5 inches under the floor from top, about 6 feet above high water mark. Compactly made and thickly lined.
HeaderCOLLECTION OF RICHARD F. MILLER, PHILADELPHIA, PENNA.
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✦ Anecdote
This nest was built in an unusual industrial setting on the ruins of an old wharf structure, demonstrating the American Robin's remarkable adaptability to human-modified environments.