Field Notes · Catnum 105139 · Typed card
Of whole leaves strips of paper and grass lined with finer grass in brier tangle of vines and bushes on edge of old field on Ladies Island about three miles east of Beaufort, S.C.
Metadata · Catnum 105139
Date02 Jul 1934
LocalityBeaufort, Beaufort, South Carolina, USA
CollectorHarllee, H.L.
Eggs in Set3
Specimen Typee
Incubationfresh
Identificationpositive
Nest Supportbrier tangle of vines and bushes
Nest Materialswhole leaves, strips of paper, grass
Nest Liningfiner grass
Nest Settingedge of old field on Ladies Island about three miles east of Beaufort, S.C.
HeaderFrom the Oological Department of the Harllee Collections of Natural History
Further DetailsPrivate No. 3475 | Field No. 70 | 3-Jul
✦ Anecdote
The nest unusually incorporates strips of paper as a construction material alongside the more typical leaves and grass, suggesting the bird opportunistically used human-made materials available in the habitat.