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Nest 10 ft. up in a red maple sapling 25 ft. high, thickly covered with Pselea vines, along bushy roadside (Meeting House Road near Khenstown Road), placed on a crotch 2 ft. out on a horizontal branch 8 ft. long. Compactly made of grass stems and blades, and mud, lined thickly with grass blades, well built and deeply cupped.
Date16 Jun 1916
LocalityBustleton, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.094074, -75.042399 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen TypeE
Incubationfresh
Identificationbird seen (transcribed as “Female seen”)
Nest Height3.05 m (10 feet)
Nest Supportred maple sapling
Nest Materialsgrass stems, grass blades, mud
Nest Lininggrass blades
Nest Settingalong bushy roadside (Meeting House Road near Khenstown Road), red maple sapling 25 ft. high, thickly covered with Pselea vines
Nest NotesPlaced on a crotch 2 ft. out on a horizontal branch 8 ft. long. Compactly made and well built and deeply cupped.
Further Details1857 40 ggs. | 761 | 185/4

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