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Placed 4 1/2 feet up in a low elder spout & 8 ft high by roadside at edge of a under cliff (a few yards from Schuylkill River), against stem upon several branches. Loosely made of twigs, grasses, weed stems & pieces of paper, dead leaves, bark strips, and lined with black rootlets; well built.
Date01 Jun 1924
LocalityWest Manayunk, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.036859, -75.246034 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set5
Specimen TypeE
Incubationtwo thirds (transcribed as “two-thirds”)
Identificationbird seen (transcribed as “by birds”)
Nest Height1.37 m (4.5 feet)
Nest Supportelder spout
Nest Materialstwigs, grasses, weed stems, pieces of paper, dead leaves, bark strips
Nest Liningblack rootlets
Near Waternear water
Nest Settingroadside at edge of under cliff
Nest NotesLoosely made but well built, placed against stem upon several branches
HeaderOological Collection of Richard F. Miller, Philadelphia, PA.
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