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Composed of various weeds, dry grass and strips of grape vine bark; lined with strips of grape vine bark - (black and yellowish rootlets in the bottom). Placed in a crotch about 6 feet up in a straight yellow locust sapling which grew close to the edge of a small thicket of elders and bushes; on a high bank above creek at edge of a field.
Date31 May 1911
LocalityWaynesburg, Greene, Pennsylvania, USA
CollectorDickey, Samuel S.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen Typec
Incubationslight (transcribed as “Slight (2 days)”)
Identificationpositive (transcribed as “Sure”)
Nest Height1.83 m (6 feet)
Nest Supportcrotch of straight yellow locust sapling
Nest Materialsvarious weeds, dry grass, strips of grape vine bark
Nest Liningstrips of grape vine bark, black and yellowish rootlets
Near Waternear water
Nest Settingclose to edge of small thicket of elders and bushes, on high bank above creek at edge of field
HeaderCOLLECTION OF S. S. DICKEY, WAYNESBURG, PA.
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