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Placed six feet up in vine covered spicebush on railroad embankment Glenside, amidst thin bushes and sparsely hidden. Snugly put together, deeply cupped, well made of twigs, grass, weed and vine stems, dead leaves and bark strips, lined thickly with brown rootlets.
Date01 Jun 1924
LocalityGladwyne, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.04056, -75.27944 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen TypeE
Incubationfresh
Identificationpositive (transcribed as “by female”)
Nest Height1.83 m (6 feet)
Nest Supportvine covered spicebush
Nest Materialstwigs, grass, weed stems, vine stems, dead leaves, bark strips
Nest Liningbrown rootlets
Nest Settingrailroad embankment Glenside, amidst thin bushes and sparsely hidden
Nest NotesSnugly put together, deeply cupped, well made
HeaderOological Collection of Richard F. Miller, Philadelphia, PA.
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