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Nest in bushy railroad embankment above Flat Rock Dam, by roadside, placed 18 inches up in a white elm sprout thinly entwined with vines and fairly well hidden. Of normal size, deeply cupped, loosely made of twigs, grass stems, dry leaves, bark strips (layer) and lined thinly with black rootlets.
Date11 Jun 1923
LocalityWest Manayunk, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.036859, -75.246034 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set3
Specimen TypeE
Incubationfresh
Identificationpositive
Nest Height0.46 m (18 inches)
Nest Supportwhite elm sprout
Nest Materialstwigs, grass stems, dry leaves, bark strips
Nest Liningblack rootlets
Near Waternear water
Nest Settingbushy railroad embankment above Flat Rock Dam, by roadside
Nest NotesOf normal size, deeply cupped, loosely made and thinly entwined with vines and fairly well hidden.
HeaderOological Collection of Richard F. Miller, Philadelphia, Pa.
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