Field Notes · Catnum 240057 · score 35 — high uncertainty
6/14 - 5:06 over road, go along channel - on W side of channel in a tangle of prostrate cedars and barberry - at crown of bush on NW side - completely gathered like nest, this clump is 10' N of flat top with a cedar on its E side. Cedar has leaves only at E side (b) in swamp rambling rose 5' NW above clump, fresh pile of small foul sticks beneath 2 rose branches broke. 6/17 c. 6:40 PM - 0? cold eggs (2) same. 6/18 11:25 - 4 warm eggs [2146 X 1790] Sibley. 6/19 10:33 - 3 eggs warm. 6/11 10:56 - 2 eggs gone - warm - saw bush moved when clump c. 30' from nest - no scolding [2217 X 1721] Sibley. 6/18 12:16 2 warm to warm - cold eggs (large baby filling 1/2 to 2/3 of egg actively moving into egg opened, feet preserved). 6/20 9:23 one egg warm, peeped + no bruises C Bennet I. 6/21 3:57 one small baby - had probably flown off nest I.
Metadata · Catnum 240057
Date09 Jun 1967
LocalityNew Haven, Connecticut, USA
CollectorRothstein, Steve
Eggs in Set4
Specimen TypeE
Incubationunknown (transcribed as “warm | cold”)
Identificationunknown
Nest Supporttangle of prostrate cedars and barberry
Nest Materialssmall foul sticks
Near Waternear water
Nest Settingswamp with rambling rose, cedar clump
Nest NotesNest at crown of bush on NW side, completely gathered like nest, clump 10' N of flat top with cedar on E side, cedar has leaves only at E side, fresh pile of small foul sticks beneath 2 rose branches
HeaderField 5 / PS-10
Further Details240.057 | 67-141
✦ Anecdote
This record documents an unusually detailed hatching sequence with eggs actively pipping and a baby bird filling most of the eggshell with feet preserved, providing rare behavioral observations of the hatching process.