Field Notes · Catnum 168550 · score 13 — high uncertainty
Placed 6 feet up in spicewood bush, external by Virginia Creeper, greenbrier vines in thicket at edge of woods by road. Large nest, composed of stick, string, grass, weed stems, many dead leaves, lined with grape vine bark strips, lined thickly with black rootlets, some white tissue paper on exterior.
Metadata · Catnum 168550
Date24 Jun 1918
LocalityGladwyne, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.033264, -75.294221 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set3
Specimen TypeE
Incubationfresh
Identificationbird seen (transcribed as “birds seen”)
Nest Height1.83 m (6 feet)
Nest Supportspicewood bush
Nest Materialsstick, string, grass, weed stems, many dead leaves, white tissue paper
Nest Lininggrape vine bark strips, black rootlets
Nest Settingthicket at edge of woods by road, external by Virginia Creeper, greenbrier vines
Nest NotesLarge nest, thickly lined with black rootlets
HeaderCOLLECTION OF ERNEST A. BUTLER, PHILADELPHIA, PENNA.
Further Details160/3
✦ Anecdote
This nest is notable for containing white tissue paper on the exterior, an unusual anthropogenic material for a Gray Catbird nest in what appears to be a historical collection.