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5' up in a vertical crotch of a clump of willows high on a brushy hillside. Elevation about 3000'. Made of moss, grass, twigs, leaves and bits of fern, plastered with mud, and with a cup 3"x4½"x3" deep, lined with grass. Bird flushed. Very few other birds in the vicinity.
Date20 May 1950
LocalityColburn, Bonner, Idaho, USA
CollectorGriffee, W.E.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen Typee
Incubationfresh
Identificationflushed
Nest Height1.52 m (5 feet)
Nest Supportvertical crotch of a clump of willows
Nest Materialsmoss, grass, twigs, leaves, bits of fern, mud
Nest Lininggrass
Nest Settinghigh on a brushy hillside
Nest NotesElevation about 3000'. Cup 3"x4½"x3" deep. Very few other birds in the vicinity.
HeaderOOLOGICAL COLLECTION OF WILLET E. GRIFFEE
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