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Nest placed 3.5 feet up in dense, dead greenbrier tangle at edge of wood, on a bunch of leaves. Large and bulky, made loosely of weed and grass stems and stalks, twigs, dry leaves and bark strips, lined with rootlets quite thickly.
Date23 May 1909
LocalityTorresdale, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.057092, -75.002899 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set3
Specimen TypeE
Incubationfresh
Identificationpositive (transcribed as “by the birds”)
Nest Height1.07 m (3.5 feet)
Nest Supportdense, dead greenbrier tangle
Nest Materialsweed stems, grass stems, stalks, twigs, dry leaves, bark strips
Nest Liningrootlets
Nest Settingedge of wood
Nest NotesLarge and bulky nest made loosely, lined quite thickly with rootlets, placed on a bunch of leaves
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