The Payphone Project finds no documentary evidence to either support or refute the story offered by Bell Telephone System in this phone booth advertisement from 1961. True or not we suspect the story is innocuous enough to defy scrutiny.

“It happened in White Oak, Maryland. A robin decided to build her nest in the shelter of a public phone booth. To give her peace and quiet, local Bell telephone men quickly installed another phone nearby. Result: service as usual, mother and family (four) doing very well.” Bell Telephone System