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Visit NestWatch at www.nestwatch.org www.nestwatch.org Whose Nest is it? #1 Examine the nest and eggs in the photograph to complete the field notes below. Use a field guide, the clues at left, and the field notes to determine the identity of the nest. Clues Location: Southern Oregon Habitat: Suburban backyard Height of nest above ground: 20 feet Nest material & lining: thick grasses and mud, lined with finer grasses Nest substrate: Horizontal branch in a dogwood tree Nest shape: Outside width of nest (in.): Height of nest (in.): Egg shape & color: Field Notes Nest illustrations from Illustrations of Nests and Eggs of Birds of Ohio, by Genevieve Estelle Jones (1886).
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Visit NestWatch at www.nestwatch.org
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Whose Nest is it? #1Examine the nest and eggs in the photograph to complete the field notes below. Use a field guide, the clues
at left, and the field notes to determine the identity of the nest.
CluesLocation: Southern Oregon
Habitat: Suburban backyard
Height of nest above ground: 20 feet
Nest material & lining: thick grasses and mud, lined with finer grasses
Nest substrate: Horizontal branch in a dogwood tree
Nest shape:
Outside width of nest (in.):
Height of nest (in.):
Egg shape & color:
Field Notes
Nes
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stra
tions
from
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stra
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of N
ests
and
Egg
s of B
irds o
f Ohi
o, b
y G
enev
ieve
Est
elle
Jone
s (18
86).
Visit NestWatch at www.nestwatch.org
www.nestwatch.org
Whose Nest is it? #2Examine the nest and eggs in the photograph to complete the field notes below. Use a field guide, the clues
at left, and the field notes to determine the identity of the nest.
CluesLocation: Central Colorado
Habitat: Shrubby, open forest
Height of nest above ground: 4 feet
Nest material & lining: Small twigs lined with hair or feathers
Nest substrate: Nest box (birdhouse)
Nest shape:
Outside width of nest (in.):
Height of nest (in.):
Egg shape & color:
Field Notes
Nes
t illu
stra
tions
from
Illu
stra
tions
of N
ests
and
Egg
s of B
irds o
f Ohi
o, b
y G
enev
ieve
Est
elle
Jone
s (18
86).
Visit NestWatch at www.nestwatch.org
www.nestwatch.org
Whose Nest is it? #3Examine the nest and eggs in the photograph to complete the field notes below. Use a field guide, the clues
at left, and the field notes to determine the identity of the nest.
CluesLocation: Northern Georgia
Habitat: Agricultural field
Height of nest above ground: 5 feet
Nest material & lining: Fine grasses and some twigs
Nest substrate: Natural cavity inside a dead tree
Nest shape:
Outside width of nest (in.):
Height of nest (in.):
Egg shape & color:
Field Notes
Nes
t illu
stra
tions
from
Illu
stra
tions
of N
ests
and
Egg
s of B
irds o
f Ohi
o, b
y G
enev
ieve
Est
elle
Jone
s (18
86).
Visit NestWatch at www.nestwatch.org
www.nestwatch.org
Whose Nest is it? #4Examine the nest and eggs in the photograph to complete the field notes below. Use a field guide, the clues
at left, and the field notes to determine the identity of the nest.
CluesLocation: Eastern Texas
Habitat: Sprawling agricultural ranch
Height of nest above ground: 12 feet
Nest material & lining: Shallow cup of mud and grass, lined with feathers
Nest substrate: Attached to a rafter, inside a barn
Nest shape:
Outside width of nest (in.):
Height of nest (in.):
Egg shape & color:
Field Notes
Nes
t illu
stra
tions
from
Illu
stra
tions
of N
ests
and
Egg
s of B
irds o
f Ohi
o, b
y G
enev
ieve
Est
elle
Jone
s (18
86).
Visit NestWatch at www.nestwatch.org
www.nestwatch.org
Whose Nest is it? #5Examine the nest and eggs in the photograph to complete the field notes below. Use a field guide, the clues
at left, and the field notes to determine the identity of the nest.
CluesLocation: Eastern Pennsylvania
Habitat: Overgrown meadow
Height of nest above ground: 6 feet
Nest material & lining: Fine grasses and moss, lined with thistle
Nest substrate: Upright branches of a thistle bush
Nest shape:
Outside width of nest (in.):
Height of nest (in.):
Egg shape & color:
Field Notes
Nes
t illu
stra
tions
from
Illu
stra
tions
of N
ests
and
Egg
s of B
irds o
f Ohi
o, b
y G
enev
ieve
Est
elle
Jone
s (18
86).
Visit NestWatch at www.nestwatch.org
www.nestwatch.org
Whose Nest is it? #6Examine the nest and eggs in the photograph to complete the field notes below. Use a field guide, the clues
at left, and the field notes to determine the identity of the nest.
CluesLocation: Central Michigan
Habitat: Along a roadside hedgerow
Height of nest above ground: 8 feet
Nest material & lining: Twigs, grasses, leaves, lined with rootlets and grapevine bark
Nest substrate: Dense viney, thicket
Nest shape:
Outside width of nest (in.):
Height of nest (in.):
Egg shape & color:
Field Notes
Nes
t illu
stra
tions
from
Illu
stra
tions
of N
ests
and
Egg
s of B
irds o
f Ohi
o, b
y G
enev
ieve
Est
elle
Jone
s (18
86).
