← Back to records
Built 42 inches up in dense clump of blackberry brambles 4 feet high, in creek bank, in edge of an orchard and well hidden. Well made of fine twigs, grass stems, dead tree leaves and thin layer of fine grape vine bark strips, lined thickly with brown rootlets, of average size.
Date23 May 1915
LocalityNorth Pennsville, Camden, New Jersey, USA
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen TypeE
Incubationcommenced (transcribed as “Three Days Incubated”)
Identificationunknown
Nest Height1.07 m (42 inches)
Nest Supportdense clump of blackberry brambles
Nest Materialsfine twigs, grass stems, dead tree leaves, thin layer of fine grape vine bark strips
Nest Liningbrown rootlets
Near Waternear water
Nest Settingcreek bank, edge of an orchard
Nest Notes4 feet high brambles, well hidden, well made, of average size
Further Details25 cents | 1/4/1915

Flag Catnum 168695 for review

Ask the Collection
Claude · conversation remembered
I know this collection — 779 GRCA egg sets, 1876–1990. Ask me about collectors, nesting habits, localities, incubation stages, or anything about Dumetella carolinensis biology.
Try: "Who collected the most records?" · "What materials are most common in nests?" · "Tell me about nests near streams" ·