Field Notes · Catnum 165886 · score 6 — moderate uncertainty
Nest deserted - two eggs contained tiny punctures. Situated 7 feet up in a twelve foot fruit pine tree on edge of thicket by field along railroad, 2 feet out on a horizontal branch 2 inches thick and 5 feet long. Compactly made of fine weed stems, grasses, and mud, with many ribbons of paper and several pieces of rag on exterior, lined thickly with fine dry grasses 2 inches of average size.
Metadata · Catnum 165886
Date15 May 1927
LocalityBurleigh, Cape May, New Jersey, USA
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set3
Specimen TypeE
Incubationfresh (transcribed as “Fresh.”)
Identificationpositive
Nest Height2.13 m (7 feet)
Nest Supportfruit pine tree
Nest Materialsfine weed stems, grasses, mud, ribbons of paper, pieces of rag
Nest Liningfine dry grasses
Nest Settingedge of thicket by field along railroad
Nest NotesNest deserted - two eggs contained tiny punctures. Situated 2 feet out on a horizontal branch 2 inches thick and 5 feet long. Compactly made, lined thickly with fine dry grasses 2 inches of average size.
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✦ Anecdote
This nest was found deserted with two eggs that had tiny punctures in them, and unusually incorporated human-made materials including ribbons of paper and pieces of rag into its construction.