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In a cut-back Osage Orange hedge row three feet high along roadside, on a five foot bank by farm, placed two feet up on the hedge upon several branchlets and between several upright stems, and fairly well hidden. Large and substantially built and well cupped, composed of bits of weed stems, grasses and mud, lined thickly with soft, dry grasses.
Date11 May 1924
LocalityHouck's Bridge, Salem, New Jersey, USA
Coordinates39.66423, -75.460877 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen TypeE
Incubationfresh
Identificationflushed (transcribed as “by misty ♂, flushed from nest”)
Nest Height0.61 m (2 feet)
Nest SupportOsage Orange hedge
Nest Materialsbits of weed stems, grasses, mud
Nest Liningsoft, dry grasses
Nest Settingcut-back Osage Orange hedge row along roadside, on a five foot bank by farm
Nest NotesLarge and substantially built and well cupped, placed upon several branchlets and between several upright stems, and fairly well hidden
HeaderOological Collection of Richard F. Miller, Philadelphia, PA.
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