Field Notes · Catnum 117231 · score 4 — moderate uncertainty
Made of twigs and leaves, etc., lined with rootlets, four feet up in young pine near road. Eggs quite pointed, one showing a tendency to be freakish.
Metadata · Catnum 117231
Date29 May 1927
LocalityBerlin, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
CollectorSpofford, Walter R.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen TypeE
Incubationfresh
Identificationflushed (transcribed as “Bird flushed”)
Nest Height1.22 m (4 feet)
Nest Supportyoung pine
Nest Materialstwigs, leaves
Nest Liningrootlets
Nest Settingnear road
Nest NotesEggs quite pointed, one showing a tendency to be freakish.
HeaderOÖLOGICAL COLLECTION OF WALTER R. SPOFFORD
Further Detailsb/4 1927
✦ Anecdote
One of the eggs was noted as showing a tendency to be 'freakish,' suggesting an unusual morphological abnormality in the clutch.