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Situated 5 1/2 feet up in crotch of a wild cherry sprout seven feet high, thinly entwined with wild grape and honeysuckle vines, in field, near edge of a wood and a railroad; poorly concealed. Compactly made of weed stems, grasses and mud and lined thickly with fine soft grass blades; deeply cupped and of average size.
Date26 Apr 1925
LocalityCollegeville, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.187265, -75.456232 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set3
Specimen TypeE
Incubationfresh
Identificationflushed (transcribed as “by female flushed from nest”)
Nest Height1.68 m (5.5 feet)
Nest Supportcrotch of a wild cherry sprout
Nest Materialsweed stems, grasses, mud
Nest Liningfine soft grass blades
Nest Settingfield, near edge of a wood and a railroad
Nest NotesSeven feet high cherry sprout, thinly entwined with wild grape and honeysuckle vines; poorly concealed. Compactly made, deeply cupped and of average size.
HeaderOOLOGICAL COLLECTION OF RICHARD F. MILLER, PHILADELPHIA, PA.
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