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Nest built water up in a thick patch of raspberry brambles 4 feet high in a bushy field completely hidden from a road. Well made of fine twigs, weed and grass stems, dry tree leaves and grape vine bark strips. Lined thickly with brown rootlets, of average size and deeply cupped. Near Boulevard Avenue Bridge. 7 seen.
Date29 May 1923
LocalityBustleton, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.079465, -75.051789 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen TypeE
Incubationfresh
Identificationunknown
Nest Height1.22 m (4 feet)
Nest Supportraspberry brambles
Nest Materialsfine twigs, weed stems, grass stems, dry tree leaves, grape vine bark strips
Nest Liningbrown rootlets
Near Waternear water
Nest Settingthick patch of raspberry brambles in a bushy field
Nest NotesWell made nest of average size and deeply cupped. Completely hidden from road. Near Boulevard Avenue Bridge. 7 seen.
Further Details7 seen. | 178/4

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