Field Notes · Catnum 168555 · score 2 — low uncertainty
Nest situated four feet up in top of a dense, dome-like canopy of honeysuckle vines on a sprout in top of a low, wooded bank, on edge of a grove, by a deep quarry hole; completely hidden. Made of twigs, grass stems, bark and weed strips, and some dead tree leaves, lined thickly with black rootlets, of average. Found by Blue Jay any confusion.
Metadata · Catnum 168555
Date25 May 1930
LocalityLancasterville, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.11806, -75.24833 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen TypeE
Incubationfresh
Identificationbird seen (transcribed as “Birds Seen”)
Nest Height1.22 m (4 feet)
Nest Supporthoneysuckle vines
Nest Materialstwigs, grass stems, bark, weed strips, dead tree leaves
Nest Liningblack rootlets
Nest Settingdense, dome-like canopy of honeysuckle vines on a sprout in top of a low, wooded bank, on edge of a grove, by a deep quarry hole
Nest Notescompletely hidden, found by Blue Jay any confusion
Further Details206/4
✦ Anecdote
The nest was discovered with assistance from a Blue Jay, which is an unusual method of nest location for a scientific collection.