Field Notes · Catnum 168631 · score 3 — moderate uncertainty
Placed 4 1/2 ft. up in a triple elder crotch in edge of a clump of bushes in thick, well hidden, closely made of sticks, a piece of paper bag on bottom, some weed fibres & layer of dead leaves, lined thickly with rootlets, of normal size & well cupped.
Metadata · Catnum 168631
Date20 May 1913
LocalityBustleton, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.074109, -75.027505 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set3
Specimen TypeE
Incubationfresh
Identificationbird seen (transcribed as “by birds”)
Nest Height1.37 m (4.5 feet)
Nest Supporttriple elder crotch
Nest Materialssticks, piece of paper bag, weed fibres, dead leaves
Nest Liningrootlets
Nest Settingedge of a clump of bushes
Nest Noteswell hidden, closely made, of normal size & well cupped
HeaderCOLLECTION OF RICHARD F. MILLER, PHILADELPHIA, PENNA.
Further Details101/3
✦ Anecdote
The nest unusually incorporated a piece of paper bag as construction material on the bottom, which is an interesting example of urban adaptation in nest building.