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About 8 feet from ground in a Willow tree against trunk 6 inches thick, upon a horizontal branch in tree row at bottom of a railroad embankment. Hood, 1 egg on 2nd inst. Compactly made of weed and grass stems & closely plastered with mud and lined densely with dry grass.
Date27 Apr 1917
LocalityFrankford, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.014874, -75.078951 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen TypeE
Incubationcommenced (transcribed as “one day in all”)
Identificationpositive
Nest Height2.44 m (8 feet)
Nest SupportWillow tree
Nest Materialsweed stems, grass stems, mud
Nest Liningdry grass
Nest Settingtree row at bottom of railroad embankment
Nest NotesNest placed against trunk 6 inches thick, upon a horizontal branch. Hood, 1 egg on 2nd inst. Compactly made and closely plastered with mud and lined densely.
HeaderOOLOGICAL COLLECTION OF RICHARD F. MILLER, PHILADELPHIA, PA.
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