← Back to records
Nest built 3 feet up in thick clump of blackberry brambles from fruit bushes in a brushy field near a creek and by a thicket, well hidden. Loosely made of grass, weed and vine stems, dry tree leaves and thin layer of fine grape vine bark strips lined thickly with black rootlets. Of average size.
Date26 May 1928
LocalityNorth Pennsville, Camden, New Jersey, USA
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen TypeE
Incubationslight (transcribed as “Slightly Incubated”)
Identificationbird seen
Nest Height0.91 m (3 feet)
Nest Supportthick clump of blackberry brambles
Nest Materialsgrass, weed and vine stems, dry tree leaves, thin layer of fine grape vine bark strips
Nest Liningblack rootlets
Near Waternear water
Nest Settingbrushy field near a creek and by a thicket
Nest NotesWell hidden, loosely made, of average size
Further Details198/4

Flag Catnum 168696 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" ·