Field Notes · Catnum 172776 · score 10 — moderate uncertainty
7 ft. up in a dead & pinched bush upon horizontal branches between upright honeysuckle vines that twine around the bush on upper brink (by field) of wooded slope in thick undergrowth, well hidden. Lined & made of vine stems, grasses, dry leaves & grape vine bark strips, lined with fine grasses & vine tendrils, of average size.
Metadata · Catnum 172776
Date30 Apr 1922
LocalityHolmesburg, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.038134, -75.019711 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set3
Specimen TypeE
Incubationtwo thirds (transcribed as “two thirds | 1/2 in runt egg”)
Identificationpositive (transcribed as “by F. M. nest”)
Nest Height2.13 m (7 feet)
Nest Supportdead and pinched bush
Nest Materialsvine stems, grasses, dry leaves, grape vine bark strips
Nest Liningfine grasses, vine tendrils
Nest Settingupper brink of wooded slope in thick undergrowth, well hidden, with honeysuckle vines twining around the bush
Nest NotesNest positioned upon horizontal branches between upright honeysuckle vines. One egg was a runt.
HeaderOOLOGICAL COLLECTION OF RICHARD F. MILLER, PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Further Details1 egg a runt | 85
✦ Anecdote
This nest contained a runt egg, which is an unusually small or malformed egg that rarely develops properly.