Field Notes · Catnum 168603 · score 12 — high uncertainty
Nest built 5 feet up in thick clump of spice bushes ten feet high and as thick, six feet up upon horizontal branches 8 feet from ground in center of a wood 6 yards from field, and completely hidden. Well supplied of average size, loosely made of twigs, weed stalks, shreds & pieces of newspaper and tissue paper, wood strips, and lined thinly with fine inner tendrils grasses and rootlets.
Metadata · Catnum 168603
Date07 Jun 1932
LocalityFrankford, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.019414, -75.105695 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen TypeE
Incubationslight (transcribed as “Slightly Incubated”)
Identificationunknown
Nest Height1.52 m (5 feet)
Nest Supportthick clump of spice bushes
Nest Materialstwigs, weed stalks, shreds & pieces of newspaper and tissue paper, wood strips
Nest Liningfine inner tendrils grasses and rootlets
Nest Settingcenter of a wood 6 yds from field
Nest NotesNest built in thick clump of spice bushes ten feet high and as thick, six feet up upon horizontal branches 8 feet from ground, completely hidden. Well supplied of average size, loosely made.
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✦ Anecdote
This nest is notable for incorporating human-made materials including newspaper and tissue paper into its construction, which was less common in historical bird nesting records.