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Built 4 feet up on edge of a dense patch of wild rose bushes 7 feet high in a bushy (Morrison's) meadow, completely hidden and unattackable as usual. Formally made of grass and vine stems weed tips and fibres, several dry tree leaves (pin oak) and several strips of grape vine bark, lined thickly with brown rootlets. Well cupped and of normal size.
Date20 May 1927
LocalityHolmesburg, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.038134, -75.019711 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen TypeE
Incubationslight (transcribed as “Slightly”)
Identificationbird seen (transcribed as “7 Seen”)
Nest Height1.22 m (4 feet)
Nest Supportwild rose bushes
Nest Materialsgrass, vine stems, weed tips, fibres, dry tree leaves (pin oak), strips of grape vine bark
Nest Liningbrown rootlets
Nest Settingdense patch of wild rose bushes 7 feet high in a bushy (Morrison's) meadow
Nest NotesCompletely hidden and unattackable as usual. Formally made and well cupped, of normal size.
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