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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.
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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