Field Notes · Catnum 61213 · score 7 — moderate uncertainty
3/4 collected (3/4 identical) placed 7 feet up in shrubbery right near the road bird past tough 3/4 - 4 feet up - ditto. Nests in leaves, trash weed stems lined with rootlets. Also found 1 which Jay had destroyed & 2 ready.
Metadata · Catnum 61213
Date28 May 1942
LocalityIrondequoit, Monroe, New York, USA
CollectorDeGroot, Dudley S.
Eggs in Set2
Specimen TypeE
Incubationunknown
Identificationunknown
Nest Height2.13 m (7 feet)
Nest Supportshrubbery
Nest Materialsleaves, trash, weed stems
Nest Liningrootlets
Nest Settingright near the road
Nest Notes3/4 collected (3/4 identical), also found 1 which Jay had destroyed & 2 ready, 3 sets total
Further Details3 sets | 1/2 1246
✦ Anecdote
This collector found multiple Gray Catbird nests in one location including one that had been destroyed by a jay, and noted some confusing measurements suggesting possible documentation of multiple nests at different heights.