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Nest meter upon stunted, brawny, thickly foliaged, wild cherry "sapling" 7 feet high placed upon a horizontal branch 8 inches thick and 8 inches long, against trunk 6 inches thick; at bottom of a bushy railroad embankment 20 feet long by a field. Cup only built and of average size, made of weed and grass stems, dead grasses and mud, lined thickly with fine, soft grass blades.
Date01 May 1928
LocalityEnfield, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.09611, -75.19694 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen TypeE
Incubationfresh (transcribed as “all fresh”)
Identificationbird seen (transcribed as “Female seen.”)
Nest Height2.13 m (7 feet)
Nest Supportwild cherry sapling
Nest Materialsweed stems, grass stems, dead grasses, mud
Nest Liningfine soft grass blades
Nest Settingbottom of a bushy railroad embankment by a field
Nest NotesNest placed upon a horizontal branch 8 inches thick and 8 inches long, against trunk 6 inches thick. Cup only built and of average size, lined thickly.
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