Field Notes · Catnum 228114 · score 4 — moderate uncertainty
Nest was in a most remarkable situation the like of which I do not remember ever seeing before viz on the ground squarely at the base of a small Gray Birch about 4 in. diameter in the field near my house of usual materials weed stems and grasses with mud walls of fine grass lining.
Metadata · Catnum 228114
Date19 May 1900
LocalityOld Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA
CollectorClark, John N.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen TypeC
Incubationfresh (transcribed as “fresh or nearly so”)
Identificationpositive
Nest Height0.0 m (on the ground)
Nest Supportbase of a small Gray Birch
Nest Materialsweed stems, grasses, mud walls
Nest Liningfine grass
Nest Settingfield near house
Nest NotesNest was in a most remarkable situation at the base of a small Gray Birch about 4 inches in diameter
HeaderSmithsonian New No. 761
Further DetailsNew | 761-2
✦ Anecdote
This American Robin nest was found in an extremely unusual location - on the ground at the base of a tree, which the collector noted as remarkable and unlike anything they had seen before.