Field Notes · Catnum 168635 · score 5 — moderate uncertainty
Placed six foot up in many forked crotch of an elder bush 8 feet high, in clump of bushes by a cattail marsh, and well hidden. Loosely put together, deeply cupped and rather unusual, well made of sticks, twigs, weed and grass stems, weed strips and fibers, grapevine bark strips, and lined thinly with black rootlets.
Metadata · Catnum 168635
Date10 Jun 1922
LocalityHolmesburg, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.03766, -75.017701 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen TypeE
Incubationfresh
Identificationpositive
Nest Height1.83 m (6 feet)
Nest Supportelder bush
Nest Materialssticks, twigs, weed stems, grass stems, weed strips, fibers, grapevine bark strips
Nest Liningblack rootlets
Near Waternear water
Nest Settingclump of bushes by a cattail marsh
Nest NotesPlaced in many forked crotch of an elder bush 8 feet high, well hidden. Loosely put together, deeply cupped and rather unusual, well made and lined thinly.
HeaderOological Collection of Richard F. Miller, Philadelphia, PA.
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