Field Notes · Catnum 167242 · score 17 — high uncertainty
Built 16 feet up in a small Alder, sapling covered thickly with dead honeysuckle vines, among which it was loosely built, in a thicket surrounding several big trees at bottom of 30 ft railroad embankment near a creek. Lovely woods, of average size, were composed of green stems, thick layers of dead tree limbs and grapevine bark strips and thickly with fine tree tendrils. Mrs. Marci's gramma sang. Ella found the nest and photographed it but not in time with Kodachrome film.
Metadata · Catnum 167242
Date18 Jun 1944
LocalityHolmesburg, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.038134, -75.019958 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set3
Specimen TypeE
Incubationslight (transcribed as “Slightly Incubated”)
Identificationunknown
Nest Height4.88 m (16 feet)
Nest Supportsmall Alder sapling
Nest Materialsgreen stems, dead tree limbs, grapevine bark strips
Nest Liningfine tree tendrils
Near Waternear water
Nest Settingthicket surrounding several big trees at bottom of 30 ft railroad embankment, lovely woods
Nest NotesNest was loosely built among dead honeysuckle vines covering the sapling. Mrs. Marci's gramma sang during observation. Ella found and photographed the nest but not with Kodachrome film.
Further Details177/3
✦ Anecdote
This record includes charming personal details about Mrs. Marci's grandmother singing during the nest observation and mentions that the nest was photographed by someone named Ella, though not with the desired Kodachrome film.