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Nest built 3 feet up in scrub, thick clump of blackberry brambles 3.5 feet tall, well hidden in bushy field along a woods, by road. Held 1 egg on the 28th ult. Well made of twigs, grass and weed stems, dead tree leaves, and nice grape vine bark strips, lined thickly with bark rootlets; deeply cupped and of average size.
Date04 Jun 1915
LocalityBustleton, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.0812319, -75.0512337 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set5
Specimen TypeE
Incubationone third (transcribed as “One-third incubated”)
Identificationunknown
Nest Height0.91 m (3 feet)
Nest Supportblackberry brambles
Nest Materialstwigs, grass, weed stems, dead tree leaves, grape vine bark strips
Nest Liningbark rootlets
Nest Settingbushy field along woods by road
Nest NotesThick clump of blackberry brambles 3.5 feet tall, well hidden. Nest held 1 egg on the 28th. Well made, deeply cupped and of average size.
Further Details5-Jul

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