Field Notes · Catnum 172788 · score 4 — moderate uncertainty
Nest built six feet up in thick hannyberry bush seven feet high in edge of small open roadside on farm and well hidden by thick foliage. Loosely made of vine tendrils, grape vine bark strips, grasses, and several dead tree leaves, lined thinly with fine vine tendrils. Of average size. Remains of a broken egg on ground underneath.
Metadata · Catnum 172788
Date13 May 1915
LocalityNorth Pennsville, Camden, New Jersey, USA
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set2
Specimen TypeE
Incubationone third (transcribed as “1 infertile, 1 one-third”)
Identificationunknown
Nest Height1.83 m (6 feet)
Nest Supporthannyberry bush
Nest Materialsvine tendrils, grape vine bark strips, grasses, dead tree leaves
Nest Liningfine vine tendrils
Near Waternear water
Nest Settingedge of small open roadside on farm
Nest NotesSeven feet high bush, nest well hidden by thick foliage, loosely made, of average size. Remains of a broken egg found on ground underneath.
Further DetailsHylton Pool and Pennsauken Creek | 1/2/1915
✦ Anecdote
The record mentions remains of a broken egg found on the ground underneath the nest, suggesting possible predation or accident that damaged part of the clutch.