Field Notes · Catnum 101706 · score 3 — moderate uncertainty
Nest composed of leaves, paper, twigs and rootlets, lined with fine black rootlets. In thimble berry bush in clump of same on hillside along Tenmile Creek. Bird flushed.
Metadata · Catnum 101706
Date21 May 1896
LocalityFranklin Township, Greene, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates39.887221, -80.173662 ↗ map
CollectorJacobs, J. Warren
Eggs in Set3
Specimen TypeE
Incubationslight (transcribed as “small embryo”)
Identificationflushed
Nest Supportthimble berry bush
Nest Materialsleaves, paper, twigs, rootlets
Nest Liningfine black rootlets
Near Waternear water
Nest Settingclump of thimble berry bushes on hillside along Tenmile Creek
Nest NotesBird flushed when approached.
HeaderCollection of J. Warren Jacobs, Waynesburg, PA
Further DetailsSet No. 1679 | 15/3
✦ Anecdote
The nest incorporated paper as a structural material, which is somewhat unusual for Gray Catbird nests though they are known to occasionally use human-made materials.