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Nest on a multiple horizontal crotch in a thicket of willow and alder saplings. Made of grass and moss, well plastered with the usual mud and not very well lined with finer grass. Cup 4" in diameter by 2½" deep. Female flushed. See Birds of Oregon by Gabrielson & Jewett regarding subspecies.
Date17 Apr 1943
LocalityPortland, Multnomah, Oregon, USA
CollectorGriffee, W.E.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen Typee
Incubationslight
Identificationflushed
Nest Supportmultiple horizontal crotch in a thicket of willow and alder saplings
Nest Materialsgrass, moss, mud
Nest Liningfiner grass
Nest Settingthicket of willow and alder saplings
Nest NotesCup 4" in diameter by 2½" deep. Female flushed. See Birds of Oregon by Gabrielson & Jewett regarding subspecies.
HeaderOOLOGICAL COLLECTION OF WILLET E. GRIFFEE
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