Field Notes · Catnum 168535 · score 9 — moderate uncertainty
Nest situated 6 feet up in a double crotch in a dogwood spout in a thicket and well hidden. Lovely cradle of twigs, grasses, wood stems and dead leaves and barkstrips. Lined thickly with fine black rootlets, of average size. Nest also held a half grown young about to launch (11579) with an American Banding Association band.
Metadata · Catnum 168535
Date04 Aug 1923
LocalityArdsley, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.12111, -75.15556 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set2
Specimen TypeE
Incubationinfertile (transcribed as “Both infertile”)
Identificationbird seen (transcribed as “Female seen”)
Nest Height1.83 m (6 feet)
Nest Supportdogwood spout
Nest Materialstwigs, grasses, wood stems, dead leaves, barkstrips
Nest Liningfine black rootlets
Nest Settingthicket
Nest NotesNest situated in a double crotch and well hidden. Described as a lovely cradle of average size. Also contained a half grown young about to launch with an American Banding Association band (specimen 11579).
Further DetailsA1/2
✦ Anecdote
This nest contained both infertile eggs and a half-grown banded young bird ready to fledge, suggesting either mixed parentage, adoption, or multiple nesting attempts in the same location.