Field Notes · Catnum 168628 · score 14 — high uncertainty
Quiet in double crotch on a white elm about 10 feet high 6 feet above the ground, half way upon a bushy railroad embankment about 12 feet high by a weed traveled road running along Schuylkill River, not much hidden. Large swell made of fine twigs and coarse weed stalk (or stems) grasses and grapevine bark fibers and weed strips, lined thickly with fine rootlets. Lots of Catbirds are seen in the Philadelphia Region.
Metadata · Catnum 168628
Date12 Jun 1950
LocalityW. Manayunk, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.0397067, -75.2466068 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set5
Specimen TypeE
Incubationone third (transcribed as “Abt 4 days incubated”)
Identificationbird on nest
Nest Height1.83 m (6 feet)
Nest Supportwhite elm
Nest Materialsfine twigs, coarse weed stalk, grasses, grapevine bark fibers, weed strips
Nest Liningfine rootlets
Near Waternear water
Nest Settingbushy railroad embankment by a weed traveled road running along Schuylkill River
Nest NotesNest in double crotch about 10 feet high on tree, 6 feet above ground, halfway up a 12-foot high bushy railroad embankment, not much hidden. Large swell construction. Lots of Catbirds seen in Philadelphia Region.
Further Details16/5