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Nest 9 feet up in a willow tree in grove along Wissinoming creek, built on thin slanting trunk (8" stand) and several outer & under branches. Two thirds way up in a small tree. Compactly made of weed strips and fibers, many silky and silvery gray in color, grasses and mud, lined thickly with dry grasses.
Date06 May 1916
LocalityWissinoming, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.022089, -75.063782 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen TypeE
Incubationone third (transcribed as “4 days incubated”)
Identificationunknown
Nest Height2.74 m (9 feet)
Nest Supportwillow tree
Nest Materialsweed strips, fibers, grasses, mud
Nest Liningdry grasses
Near Waternear water
Nest Settinggrove along Wissinoming creek
Nest NotesBuilt on thin slanting trunk (8 inch stand) and several outer and under branches, two thirds way up in a small tree. Compactly made with many silky and silvery gray colored fibers, lined thickly.
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