Field Notes · Catnum 105288 · score 3 — moderate uncertainty
Nest composed of leaves, grape vine bark, strips of white stems lined with fine grass. Outside diam. 4.50 inches. Depth, 2.5 in. Inside diam. 3.25 inches. Depth, 1.50 inches. Placed in small haw bush, 2 feet up. Bird flushed. One of three eggs had been injured by bird's claw.
Metadata · Catnum 105288
Date14 May 1893
LocalityGreene, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates39.870946, -80.2111115 ↗ map
CollectorJacobs, Warren
Eggs in Set3
Specimen Typee
Incubationfresh (transcribed as “quite fresh”)
Identificationflushed
Nest Height0.61 m (2 feet)
Nest Supportsmall haw bush
Nest Materialsleaves, grape vine bark, strips of white stems
Nest Liningfine grass
Nest NotesOutside diameter 4.50 inches, depth 2.5 inches. Inside diameter 3.25 inches, depth 1.50 inches. One of three eggs had been injured by bird's claw.
HeaderCOLLECTION OF J. WARREN JACOBS, Ornithologist and Oologist, Waynesburg, Pa.
Further Details1183 - nest - abnormal | 1183 - nest. | 3-Sep
✦ Anecdote
One of the three eggs in this nest had been damaged by the parent bird's claw, which is an unusual occurrence worth noting.