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Built 8 feet up in a thick Willow tree along the creek, upon branch 3 inches thick against underside of a thickening trunk. Compactly built and deeply cupped, made of weed stems and stiff grasses, plastered with mud, and lined thickly with soft, dry grasses.
Date07 May 1919
LocalityFrankford, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.014874, -75.078951 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen TypeE
Incubationcommenced (transcribed as “begun”)
Identificationbird seen (transcribed as “birds seen close by nest”)
Nest Height2.44 m (8 feet)
Nest SupportWillow tree branch
Nest Materialsweed stems, stiff grasses, mud
Nest Liningsoft dry grasses
Near Waternear water
Nest SettingWillow tree along creek
Nest NotesBuilt upon branch 3 inches thick against underside of thickening trunk. Compactly built and deeply cupped.
HeaderOOLOGICAL COLLECTION OF RICHARD F. MILLER, PHILADELPHIA, PA.
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