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Nest 22 feet up in a spruce tree beside farm house and 4 feet out on a horizontal branch with thick end 7 feet long in cluster of upright twigs near tree top. Composed of weed, tuff and stubbly grasses and mud, lined thickly with dry grasses.
Date07 May 1921
LocalityFranklinville, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.17944, -75.27806 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set3
Specimen TypeE
Incubationfresh
Identificationbird on nest (transcribed as “Female on nest”)
Nest Height6.71 m (22 feet)
Nest Supportspruce tree
Nest Materialsweed, tuff, stubbly grasses, mud
Nest Liningdry grasses
Nest Settingbeside farm house
Nest Notes4 feet out on a horizontal branch with thick end 7 feet long in cluster of upright twigs near tree top
Further Details761 | 254a/3

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