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Nest placed a meter up in clump of blackberry bushes four feet high on hillside, several rods above a thicket in ravine, fairly well hidden by the foliage. Held one egg on May 31st. Loosely constructed nest, of fine twigs, grasses, dead leaves and wild grape vine bark strips, lined thickly with black rootlets, well cupped.
Date10 Jun 1915
LocalityWalnut Hill, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.09694, -75.07833 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set3
Specimen TypeE
Incubationslight (transcribed as “Slightly incubated”)
Identificationbird seen
Nest Height1.0 m (1 meter)
Nest Supportclump of Blackberry bushes
Nest Materialsfine twigs, grasses, dead leaves, wild grape vine bark strips
Nest Liningblack rootlets
Nest Settinghillside, several rods above a thicket in ravine
Nest NotesFour feet high blackberry bushes on hillside, fairly well hidden by foliage. Held one egg on May 31st. Loosely constructed nest, well cupped.
Further Details2/3/1915

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