Field Notes · Catnum 168602 · score 10 — moderate uncertainty
Nest: 6 feet from ground in a rude pear about 10 feet high, top defoliated by Tent Caterpillars, but partially hidden by ivy vines, between crotch in a thicket between Asylum fence and the Oxford Ave. R.R. Swale, well made of grass stems fine woodland and lined thickly with brown rootlets
Metadata · Catnum 168602
Date21 May 1942
LocalityFrankford, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.030643, -75.086477 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set5
Specimen TypeE
Incubationslight (transcribed as “Slightly Incubated”)
Identificationunknown
Nest Height1.83 m (6 feet)
Nest Supportrude pear tree
Nest Materialsgrass stems, fine woodland materials
Nest Liningbrown rootlets
Nest Settingthicket between Asylum fence and the Oxford Ave. R.R. Swale
Nest NotesTree about 10 feet high, top defoliated by Tent Caterpillars, but partially hidden by ivy vines, between crotch in a swale. Completed May 3, believed on April 28, Rowlands Woods, Wild Cherry.
HeaderWESTERN FOUNDATION OF VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY
Further DetailsCompleted May 3 | Believed on April 28 | Rowlands Woods | Wild Cherry | 13/5
✦ Anecdote
The nest tree's top had been defoliated by Tent Caterpillars, creating an unusual nesting situation where the catbird built in a partially damaged tree that was camouflaged by ivy vines.