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6 feet from ground, between a many forked crotch on a ten-foot, probably hawthorn, "tree" set on the bank in a pasture by a creek and fairly well hidden. Composed of sticks, dry tree leaves & grapevine bark strips, lined thinly with black rootlets, well built and of average size. Near Stenton Ave. & Wissahickon Creek.
Date14 Jun 1929
LocalityFlourtown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.103154, -75.204763 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen TypeE
Incubationcommenced (transcribed as “s. of t. embryos”)
Identificationbird seen (transcribed as “female seen”)
Nest Height1.83 m (6 feet)
Nest Supporthawthorn tree
Nest Materialssticks, dry tree leaves, grapevine bark strips
Nest Liningblack rootlets
Near Waternear water
Nest Settingpasture by a creek
Nest NotesLocated between a many forked crotch on a ten-foot hawthorn tree, fairly well hidden, well built and of average size. Near Stenton Ave. & Wissahickon Creek.
HeaderOOLOGICAL COLLECTION OF RICHARD F. MILLER, PHILADELPHIA, PA.
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