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8 foot up in an apple tree in an apple orchard, placed in a shallow hollow two inches deep, against an upright branch. Composed of grasses and mud, and lined thickly with dry grass & leaves; substantially built and well supplied.
Date10 May 1918
LocalityState College, Centre, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.788105, -77.8525335 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen TypeE
Incubationfresh
Identificationbird on nest (transcribed as “by Favole on nest”)
Nest Height2.44 m (8 feet)
Nest Supportapple tree
Nest Materialsgrasses, mud
Nest Liningdry grass, leaves
Nest Settingapple orchard
Nest NotesPlaced in a shallow hollow two inches deep, against an upright branch. Substantially built and well supplied.
HeaderOOLOGICAL COLLECTION OF RICHARD F. MILLER, PHILADELPHIA, PA.
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