Field Notes · Catnum 168582 · score 9 — moderate uncertainty
7 ft up in Viburnum crotch at edge of wood. Of twigs, vine tendrils, weed stems, large quantity inch-wide wall paper in strips, few dry leaves & some pieces of bark strips lined thickly with small brown rootlets. Bulbous.
Metadata · Catnum 168582
Date17 Jul 1903
LocalityTorresdale, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.057092, -75.002899 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set3
Specimen TypeE
Incubationslight
Identificationbird seen (transcribed as “by the birds”)
Nest Height2.13 m (7 feet)
Nest SupportViburnum crotch
Nest Materialstwigs, vine tendrils, weed stems, wall paper strips, dry leaves, bark strips
Nest Liningsmall brown rootlets
Nest Settingedge of wood
Nest NotesNest described as bulbous in shape
HeaderCOLLECTION OF R. F. MILLER
Further Details29/3
✦ Anecdote
This nest is notable for incorporating a large quantity of inch-wide wallpaper strips as nesting material, which is an unusual anthropogenic material for Gray Catbird construction.