Field Notes · Catnum 86137 · score 0 — low uncertainty
Made of twigs bark leaves paper & lined with rootlets placed in a patch of briars
Metadata · Catnum 86137
Date03 Jun 1919
LocalityPrince George's, Maryland, USA
CollectorCourt, Edward J.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen TypeE
Incubationunknown (transcribed as “(s. Th.)”)
Identificationunknown
Nest Supportpatch of briars
Nest Materialstwigs, bark, leaves, paper
Nest Liningrootlets
HeaderOOLOGICAL COLLECTION OF EDWARD J. COURT, Washington, D. C.
Further Details13/4
✦ Anecdote
The nest contains paper as construction material, which is unusual for Gray Catbird nests and suggests the bird incorporated human-made debris into its typical natural materials.