Field Notes · Catnum 168588 · score 5 — moderate uncertainty
Placed 3 1/2 ft. up in thick clump of grape-vine entwined blackberry bushes in thicket adjoining woods along creek. Lovely made of many twigs, material, silo, grasses, many pieces (one swell) of newspaper & music paper, several dead leaves, layer of grape vine bark strips & thickly lined black rootlets.
Metadata · Catnum 168588
Date09 Jun 1912
LocalityTorresdale, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.057092, -75.002899 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen TypeE
Incubationcommenced (transcribed as “started”)
Identificationbird seen (transcribed as “by birds”)
Nest Height1.07 m (3.5 feet)
Nest Supportthick clump of grape-vine entwined blackberry bushes
Nest Materialstwigs, grasses, newspaper pieces, music paper, dead leaves, grape vine bark strips
Nest Liningblack rootlets
Near Waternear water
Nest Settingthicket adjoining woods along creek
Nest NotesNest described as lovely made with many materials including newspaper and music paper pieces
HeaderCOLLECTION OF RICHARD F. MILLER, PHILADELPHIA, PENNA.
Further Details101/4
✦ Anecdote
This nest is notable for incorporating human-made materials including newspaper and music paper pieces, which is unusual for Gray Catbird nest construction.