Field Notes · Catnum 168694 · score 9 — moderate uncertainty
Nest in wooded creek bluff, amidst thick shrubbery by a path situated 4 feet up in a grape vine tangle on bushes well hidden, within few feet of a white-eyed Vireo's nest with 4 eggs. Composed of many twigs, vine stems, bark strips and lined thickly with dead grasses of average size; loosely put together.
Metadata · Catnum 168694
Date04 Jun 1926
LocalityJordantown, Camden, New Jersey, USA
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen TypeE
Incubationslight
Identificationbird seen (transcribed as “birds seen”)
Nest Height1.22 m (4 feet)
Nest Supportgrape vine tangle on bushes
Nest Materialstwigs, vine stems, bark strips
Nest Liningdead grasses
Near Waternear water
Nest Settingwooded creek bluff, amidst thick shrubbery by a path
Nest Noteswell hidden, within few feet of a white-eyed Vireo's nest with 4 eggs, loosely put together
HeaderOOLOGICAL COLLECTION OF RICHARD F. MILLER, PHILADELPHIA, PA.
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✦ Anecdote
This record is notable for documenting two different bird species nesting within a few feet of each other - a Gray Catbird and a White-eyed Vireo, providing interesting evidence of interspecific nesting proximity.