Field Notes · Catnum 61842 · score 16 — high uncertainty
Topography: In old cemetery. Nest: collected - a very neatly made structure of weed stems & fine leaves, grass lined sparingly with hair. Placed 2½ feet up in a thick wild honey suckle vine, bird flushed. 1/3 - fled nest - 4 eggs in heavy double railroad pile 5/30-1939
Metadata · Catnum 61842
Date22 Apr 1945
LocalityDarnestown, Montgomery, Maryland, USA
CollectorCourt, Edward J.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen Typee
Incubationone third
Identificationflushed
Nest Height0.76 m (2.5 feet)
Nest Supportwild honey suckle vine
Nest Materialsweed stems, fine leaves
Nest Lininggrass, hair
Nest Settingold cemetery
Nest NotesVery neatly made structure, sparingly lined with hair, thick vine placement, bird flushed when approached, 4 eggs collected on 5/30/1939
Further Details4-Jan
✦ Anecdote
The mention of eggs being placed 'in heavy double railroad pile' is unusual phrasing that may refer to how the collected eggs were stored or transported after collection.