Field Notes · Catnum 19114 · score 10 — moderate uncertainty
Collected by J.B. Wade. Nest composed of twigs, weed stalks, roots, etc. lined with rootlets. Placed in brush in fence ditch full of water along wadeway.
Metadata · Catnum 19114
Date27 May 1897
LocalityGreenfield Township, Wayne, Michigan, USA
CollectorWood, J. Claire
Eggs in Set4
Specimen TypeE
Incubationunknown
Identificationbird on nest
Nest Supportbrush
Nest Materialstwigs, weed stalks, roots
Nest Liningrootlets
Near Waterabove water
Nest Settingfence ditch full of water along wadeway
Nest NotesCollected by J.B. Wade.
Further Details1294 | 4-Jan
✦ Anecdote
This nest was unusually situated in a water-filled ditch, which is atypical for Gray Catbirds that normally nest in dry upland shrubs and thickets.