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Placed seven feet up in double crotch of a red maple about ten feet high, in clump of three sprouts on side of bushy railroad embankment by a road. Composed of twigs grass and vine stems dead leaves and some grape and bark strips, lined thickly with black rootlets; deeply cupped, well built and of normal size
Date31 May 1919
LocalityHarpers station, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.082358, -75.090515 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen TypeE
Incubationcommenced (transcribed as “started”)
Identificationbird seen (transcribed as “birds seen”)
Nest Height2.13 m (7 feet)
Nest Supportdouble crotch of a red maple
Nest Materialstwigs, grass, vine stems, dead leaves, grape strips, bark strips
Nest Liningblack rootlets
Nest Settingclump of three sprouts on side of bushy railroad embankment by a road
Nest Notesdeeply cupped, well built and of normal size
HeaderOological Collection of Richard F. Miller, Philadelphia, PA.
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