Field Notes · Catnum 240025 · score 32 — high uncertainty
May 30. 7:30 a.m. 5 feet up center of huge honeysuckle bush. 4 eggs, earlier location stayed on nest to 50 feet SSE, long hole along dust path running east from dead end road put his '15' N/NW bush. June 1 11:06 a.m. 4 warm eggs remained 3 eggs bird put in 360 C.B. 11:28 a.m. 3 eggs 36 1 cold egg warm no bruise C.B. 1:17 p.m. some warm no bruises 2 B II-III in shell [21.98 x 18.04 - 22.20 x 18.04. these 2 eggs saved for experiments - 22.22 x 17.36 embryo preserved.] 6:15 p.m. one egg warm 6:15 7:01 p.m. empty, two long pieces of shell 3 from below nest
Metadata · Catnum 240025
Date01 Jun 1969
LocalityNew Haven, Connecticut, USA
CollectorRothstein, Steve
Eggs in Set4
Specimen TypeE
Incubationadvanced
Identificationbird on nest
Nest Height1.52 m (5 feet)
Nest Supporthoneysuckle bush
Nest Settingbush along dust path running east from dead end road
Nest NotesCenter of huge honeysuckle bush, 50 feet south-southeast of earlier location, nest monitored over multiple days with detailed egg measurements and embryo development tracking
Header9 Rd. Road
Further Detailsbelow nest | 69-285
✦ Anecdote
This record documents an unusually detailed multi-day study of egg development and hatching, with precise measurements and embryo preservation for experimental purposes, and appears to track the same nest across different dates with careful monitoring of egg temperatures and development stages.