Field Notes · Catnum 166933 · score 7 — moderate uncertainty
Placed 4 meters up in dense cluster of cherry shoots sprung up 1-2 feet high from a sawed off stump in edge of thicket and at roadside (Bensalem pike) and pretty well hidden by the foliage. Compactly made of straw, grasses, mud and lined thickly with soft, dry grasses, deeply cupped and of average size.
Metadata · Catnum 166933
Date13 May 1924
LocalityBustleton, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.094074, -75.042399 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set5
Specimen TypeE
Incubationfresh
Identificationpositive (transcribed as “positive. No birds about”)
Nest Height4.0 m (4 meters)
Nest Supportdense cluster of cherry shoots
Nest Materialsstraw, grasses, mud
Nest Liningsoft, dry grasses
Nest Settingedge of thicket at roadside (Bensalem pike), cherry shoots sprung up 1-2 feet high from a sawed off stump
Nest NotesPretty well hidden by the foliage. Compactly made and deeply cupped and of average size.
HeaderOological Collection of Richard F. Miller, Philadelphia, Pa.
Further Details5
✦ Anecdote
This nest is unusually high for an American Robin at 4 meters up, as this species typically nests much closer to the ground at heights of 1.5-4.5 meters, with most nests being in the lower portion of that range.