Field Notes · Catnum 123492 · Typed card
Six foot up in a button bush along a dirt road. This is the first set of more than three eggs that I have even found. There is a possibility of it being two females.
Metadata · Catnum 123492
Date01 Aug 1950
LocalityPhiladelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates39.881998, -75.284952 ↗ map
CollectorHoy, Nelson D.
Eggs in Set5
Specimen Typee
Incubationfresh
Identificationbird seen (transcribed as “saw both birds”)
Nest Height1.83 m (6 feet)
Nest Supportbutton bush
Nest Settingalong a dirt road
Nest NotesFirst set of more than three eggs that collector had ever found. Possibility of it being two females.
HeaderFROM THE OOLOGICAL COLLECTION OF Nelson D. Hoy
Further DetailsDATA NO. 185 | 185/5
✦ Anecdote
This record is notable for containing more than three eggs, which the collector had never found before, and the possibility that two females may have laid in the same nest.