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7 1/2 ft. in a white spruce sapling in dense aspen woods. 50 yards from the North Saskatchewan River. Built of grass, plastered inside with mud, and a cup 3 3/4" in diameter by 2 1/4" deep lined with fine grass. Bird flushed.
Date20 May 1948
LocalityRocky Mountain House, Clearwater, Alberta, Canada
CollectorGriffee, W.E.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen Typee
Incubationincomplete set (transcribed as “forming”)
Identificationflushed
Nest Height2.29 m (7.5 feet)
Nest Supportwhite spruce sapling
Nest Materialsgrass, mud
Nest Liningfine grass
Near Waternear water
Nest Settingdense aspen woods
Nest NotesCup 3 3/4" in diameter by 2 1/4" deep, plastered inside with mud, 50 yards from the North Saskatchewan River.
HeaderOOLOGICAL COLLECTION OF WILLET E. GRIFFEE
Further Detailsleft bones | 1448

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