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Nest placed 30 inches up in thin clump of blackberry briers five feet high in bushy meadow, and well hidden. Well made of sticks, weed and grass stems, dead leaves and bark strips, lined thickly with black rootlets; of average size and deeply cupped. Holme avenue and Pennypack Creek in west corner.
Date18 Jun 1923
LocalityHolmesburg, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.03766, -75.017701 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen TypeE
Incubationadvanced (transcribed as “Seven days incubated”)
Identificationunknown
Nest Height0.76 m (30 inches)
Nest Supportthin clump of blackberry briers
Nest Materialssticks, weed stems, grass stems, dead leaves, bark strips
Nest Liningblack rootlets
Near Waternear water
Nest Settingbushy meadow
Nest NotesWell hidden, of average size and deeply cupped. Located at Holme avenue and Pennypack Creek in west corner.
Further Details7 m nest | 183/4

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