Field Notes · Catnum 168661 · score 10 — moderate uncertainty
Nest hold 4 eggs on 29th ult. Built 6 feet up in a thick clump of elder bushes 8 feet high, upon horizontal branches, in edge of a bushy (Morrison's) thicket and well hidden. Lovely make of miscellaneous weed strips and fibers and grape vine bark strips, lined thickly with brown rootlets. Width outside 6", depth outside 2 3/4" in middle 3", inside 1 1/2".
Metadata · Catnum 168661
Date05 Jun 1923
LocalityHolmesburg, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.038134, -75.019711 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen TypeE
Incubationadvanced (transcribed as “Five Days Incubated”)
Identificationbird seen (transcribed as “9 Seen”)
Nest Height1.83 m (6 feet)
Nest Supportelder bushes
Nest Materialsmiscellaneous weed strips, fibers, grape vine bark strips
Nest Liningbrown rootlets
Nest Settingedge of a bushy (Morrison's) thicket
Nest NotesBuilt in thick clump of elder bushes 8 feet high, upon horizontal branches, well hidden. Width outside 6", depth outside 2 3/4" in middle 3", inside 1 1/2".
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