Field Notes · Catnum 187971 · Typed card
Nest of weed stems, bits of corn leaves and pieces of the dried bark or skin of prickly pear cactus— the latter evidently used in place of the usual paper; lined with grass. Located 3 feet up in a dense tangle of thorny brush, at the edge of a thicket. Female flushed and was greatly excited when I took the nest. Sets of this number are very rare.
Metadata · Catnum 187971
Date09 May 1926
LocalityJourdanton, Atascosa, Texas, USA
Coordinates28.912596, -98.5235994 ↗ map
CollectorQuillin, Roy W.
Eggs in Set5
Specimen Typee
Incubationfresh (transcribed as “Trace”)
Identificationflushed
Nest Height0.91 m (3 feet)
Nest Supportdense tangle of thorny brush
Nest Materialsweed stems, bits of corn leaves, pieces of dried bark or skin of prickly pear cactus
Nest Lininggrass
Nest Settingedge of a thicket
Nest NotesFemale flushed and was greatly excited when I took the nest. Sets of this number are very rare.
HeaderOOLOGICAL COLLECTION OF ROY QUILLIN
Further Details1974/n5
✦ Anecdote
The collector noted that prickly pear cactus bark was used in place of the usual paper materials, and that sets of this particular number are very rare.