Field Notes · Catnum 168707 · score 5 — moderate uncertainty
Situated 4 feet up on top of a large, dense patch of blackberry brambles 6 feet high behind barn, in an apple orchard, completely hidden by thick foliage. Composed of twigs, horse and cow hair, strips dead leaves and lined thickly with black rootlets; well built and of average size.
Metadata · Catnum 168707
Date03 Jun 1931
LocalityLebanon, Hunterdon, New Jersey, USA
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen TypeE
Incubationslight
Identificationbird on nest (transcribed as “saw bird on nest”)
Nest Height1.22 m (4 feet)
Nest Supportblackberry brambles
Nest Materialstwigs, horse and cow hair, strips dead leaves
Nest Liningblack rootlets
Nest Settingapple orchard behind barn
Nest Notessituated on top of a large, dense patch of blackberry brambles 6 feet high, completely hidden by thick foliage; well built and of average size
HeaderOOLOGICAL COLLECTION OF RICHARD F. MILLER, PHILADELPHIA, PA.
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