Field Notes · Catnum 226340 · score 1 — low uncertainty
Of twigs grape-vine bark and coarse grass. Lined with rootlets. Nest situated 4 ft. from ground on a dead birch tree which was lying across some growing bushel.
Metadata · Catnum 226340
Date05 Jun 1928
LocalityWakefield, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
CollectorGreen, H. O.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen Typec
Incubationunknown (transcribed as “several days”)
Identificationbird on nest (transcribed as “bird seen on nest”)
Nest Height1.22 m (4 feet)
Nest Supportdead birch tree
Nest Materialstwigs, grape-vine bark, coarse grass
Nest Liningrootlets
Nest Settingdead birch tree lying across some growing bushel
Nest NotesDead birch tree was lying across some growing bushel
HeaderCollection of Horace O. Green
Further Details2
✦ Anecdote
The nest was unusually situated on a dead birch tree that had fallen and was lying across some growing vegetation, rather than in a typical upright tree or shrub.