Field Notes · Catnum 165877 · score 0 — low uncertainty
Placed 4 ft. up in thick wild grapevines on a sprout in edge of woods by roadside, upon a demolished old robin's nest & fairly well hidden. Large, bulky, well made of grass stems, fine weed stalks, weed fibres & strips, plastered with mud & lined thickly with dry grasses.
Metadata · Catnum 165877
Date02 May 1914
LocalityFish House, Camden, New Jersey, USA
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set3
Specimen TypeE
Incubationfresh
Identificationpositive
Nest Height1.22 m (4 feet)
Nest Supportwild grapevines on a sprout
Nest Materialsgrass stems, fine weed stalks, weed fibres, strips, mud
Nest Liningdry grasses
Nest Settingedge of woods by roadside
Nest NotesLarge, bulky, well made nest placed upon a demolished old robin's nest and fairly well hidden. Plastered with mud and lined thickly with dry grasses.
HeaderCOLLECTION OF RICHARD F. MILLER, PHILADELPHIA, PENNA.
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✦ Anecdote
This nest was built directly upon a demolished old robin's nest, suggesting either territorial reuse of a prime nesting site or possibly the same pair rebuilding after nest failure.