Field Notes · Catnum 168531 · score 3 — moderate uncertainty
Placed 3 ft. up in dense wild honeysuckle vine tangle in Alder thicket, by a brook, completely hidden by the foliage, in the tip of the vines. Well made of weed stems & fibres, piece of white paper, grass stems & grapevine bark strips, lined very thickly with brown rootlets, well cupped.
Metadata · Catnum 168531
Date27 May 1914
LocalityRockledge, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.082358, -75.090515 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen TypeE
Incubationfresh (transcribed as “all fresh”)
Identificationbird seen (transcribed as “birds seen”)
Nest Height0.91 m (3 feet)
Nest Supportwild honeysuckle vine tangle
Nest Materialsweed stems, fibres, piece of white paper, grass stems, grapevine bark strips
Nest Liningbrown rootlets
Near Waternear water
Nest SettingAlder thicket
Nest NotesPlaced in the tip of the vines, completely hidden by foliage. Well made and well cupped, lined very thickly with brown rootlets.
HeaderCOLLECTION OF RICHARD F. MILLER, PHILADELPHIA, PENNA.
Further Details143/4
✦ Anecdote
The nest contains an unusual piece of white paper incorporated into the construction materials, which is uncommon for Gray Catbird nests.