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Nest built four feet up in a thick clump of wild rose bushes six feet high, in low thicket along creek at foot dam and sparsely hidden. Lovely made of twigs, vine stems, weed stalks, weed strips and fibres, and a thin layer of grape vine bark strips, lined thinly with black rootlets; deeply cupped and of average size.
Date19 May 1916
LocalityHolmesburg, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.038134, -75.019711 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen TypeE
Incubationcommenced (transcribed as “Incubation Commenced”)
Identificationunknown
Nest Height1.22 m (4 feet)
Nest Supportwild rose bushes
Nest Materialstwigs, vine stems, weed stalks, weed strips, fibres, grape vine bark strips
Nest Liningblack rootlets
Near Waternear water
Nest Settingthick clump of wild rose bushes six feet high, in low thicket along creek at foot dam
Nest NotesSparsely hidden, deeply cupped and of average size
HeaderBirds Secv.
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