Field Notes · Catnum 168690 · score 4 — moderate uncertainty
Placed 9 yards up in thick clump of arrow-wood bushes on edge of a swamp, near a brook and well hidden; within four yards of a 31 foot railroad embankment. Lined with sticks, weeds, grasses, bark strips and lined thickly with black rootlets; deeply cupped.
Metadata · Catnum 168690
Date27 Jun 1921
LocalityWoodcrest, Camden, New Jersey, USA
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set3
Specimen TypeE
Incubationfresh
Identificationpositive
Nest Height8.23 m (9 yards)
Nest Supportthick clump of arrow-wood bushes
Nest Materialssticks, weeds, grasses, bark strips
Nest Liningblack rootlets
Near Waternear water
Nest Settingedge of a swamp, within four yards of a 31 foot railroad embankment
Nest Noteswell hidden, deeply cupped
HeaderOOLOGICAL COLLECTION OF RICHARD F. MILLER, PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Further Details129/3
✦ Anecdote
This nest is unusually high for a Gray Catbird at 9 yards (approximately 27 feet) up, as catbirds typically nest much closer to the ground in dense shrubs and thickets.