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Nest was built on small foot bridge 12 feet up composed of sticks string and mud lined with grass one cowbird egg in nest
Date04 May 1901
LocalityLee, Iowa, USA
CollectorRibyn, A. L.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen TypeE
Incubationfresh
Identificationbird seen
Nest Height3.66 m (12 feet)
Nest Supportsmall foot bridge
Nest Materialssticks, string, mud
Nest Lininggrass
Nest Notesone cowbird egg in nest
HeaderRidgway's No. 761
Further DetailsD
✦ Anecdote
This nest contained a cowbird egg, indicating brood parasitism where a Brown-headed Cowbird laid its egg in the American Robin's nest.

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