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Nest built 4 feet up in an alder bush on thin dumping edge of a pond formed inland, between a double extra. Composed of fine twigs, weed and grass stems, grass blades, weed and bark strips, and lined thinly with rootlets.
Date01 Jun 1943
LocalityCoopersville, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.013861, -75.125986 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen TypeE
Incubationfresh
Identificationunknown
Nest Height1.22 m (4 feet)
Nest Supportalder bush
Nest Materialsfine twigs, weed stems, grass stems, grass blades, bark strips
Nest Liningrootlets
Near Waternear water
Nest Settingthin dumping edge of a pond
Nest NotesLocated between a double extra
HeaderBirds Sec.
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