Field Notes · Catnum 168540 · score 2 — low uncertainty
Nest built 5 feet up in a Virginia creeper vine around river birch sprout on bushy side of a railroad embankment along River road in a crotch and well hidden. Found unlined on the 18th inst. Loosely built and of normal size, well made of small sticks, dry tree leaves, layer of fine grape vine bark strips, and lined thickly with fine black rootlets and grasses, interwoven.
Metadata · Catnum 168540
Date29 May 1915
LocalityWest Manayunk, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.036859, -75.246034 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen TypeE
Incubationslight (transcribed as “Slightly Incubated”)
Identificationbird seen (transcribed as “Birds Seen”)
Nest Height1.52 m (5 feet)
Nest SupportVirginia creeper vine around river birch sprout
Nest Materialssmall sticks, dry tree leaves, fine grape vine bark strips
Nest Liningfine black rootlets, grasses
Nest Settingbushy side of a railroad embankment along River road
Nest NotesNest built in a crotch and well hidden. Found unlined on the 18th inst. Loosely built and of normal size, well made, interwoven.
Further Details2/4/1915
✦ Anecdote
The collector noted finding the nest 'unlined' on the 18th, but then describes it as 'lined thickly with fine black rootlets and grasses,' suggesting the nest was still under construction when first discovered.