Field Notes · Catnum 75513 · Typed card
Nest a cup-shaped affair, made mainly of mud and lined with grass, located 20 ft. high in central crotch of large cottonwood tree growing in yard. A Starling nest containing 6 eggs was located about 10 ft. away in the same tree. Egg wts.: 6.946 gms.; 6.868; 6.815; 6.739.
Metadata · Catnum 75513
Date09 Jun 1973
LocalityColorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, USA
CollectorKiff, Lloyd F.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen Typee
Incubationfresh (transcribed as “Fresh; 4”)
Identificationflushed (transcribed as “Bird flushed off nest.”)
Nest Height6.1 m (20 feet)
Nest Supportcentral crotch of large cottonwood tree
Nest Materialsmud
Nest Lininggrass
Nest Settingyard
Nest NotesA Starling nest containing 6 eggs was located about 10 ft. away in the same tree. Egg weights: 6.946 gms.; 6.868; 6.815; 6.739.
HeaderWestern Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology Oological Collection
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