Field Notes · Catnum 166935 · score 9 — moderate uncertainty
4 eggs. Slightly incubated. 2 flushed off. Nest in dense shrubbery on low bluff along roadside in grape vine tangle, 10 feet up, saddled to 2 vine stems 1/4" thick, upon a wild cherry tree well hidden by thick foliage. Compactly made of weed & grass stems (some derived from it) grass blades & mud, lined thickly with fruit grass blades, deeply cupped.
Metadata · Catnum 166935
Date10 May 1929
LocalityFox Chase, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.087929, -75.073511 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen TypeE
Incubationslight (transcribed as “Slightly incubated”)
Identificationflushed
Nest Height3.05 m (10 feet)
Nest Support2 vine stems
Nest Materialsweed stems, grass stems, grass blades, mud
Nest Liningfruit grass blades
Nest Settingdense shrubbery on low bluff along roadside in grape vine tangle, upon a wild cherry tree well hidden by thick foliage
Nest NotesCompactly made, saddled to 2 vine stems 1/4 inch thick, deeply cupped.
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