Field Notes · Catnum 168573 · score 4 — moderate uncertainty
Nest held 2 eggs on the 26th ult; placed 6 feet up in a thick clump of blackberry bushes overhanging a creek bank above a beech in edge of wood, completely hidden. Loosely made of weed stalks, grass stems, weed fibers and strips and dead leaves, lined thickly with brown rootlets, well cupped and of average size.
Metadata · Catnum 168573
Date02 Jun 1923
LocalityBustleton, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.085099, -75.047265 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen TypeE
Incubationcommenced (transcribed as “Four days incubated”)
Identificationbird seen
Nest Height1.83 m (6 feet)
Nest Supportblackberry bushes
Nest Materialsweed stalks, grass stems, weed fibers, strips, dead leaves
Nest Liningbrown rootlets
Near Waterabove water
Nest Settingedge of wood
Nest NotesNest held 2 eggs on the 26th ult, placed in a thick clump overhanging a creek bank above a beech, completely hidden. Loosely made, well cupped and of average size.
Further Details♀ seen. | 179/4