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Nest, 5 ft. up in tangle of bushes & greenbriers, edge of woods. Sparsely made of sticks, plant & weed stalks and layers of dry leaves & bark strips lined thickly with black rootlets.
Date26 May 1904
LocalityTacony, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.021075, -75.050866 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen TypeE
Incubationfresh
Identificationbird on nest (transcribed as “by female on nest”)
Nest Height1.52 m (5 feet)
Nest Supporttangle of bushes & greenbriers
Nest Materialssticks, plant stalks, weed stalks, dry leaves, bark strips
Nest Liningblack rootlets
Nest Settingedge of woods
Nest NotesSparsely made nest lined thickly with black rootlets
HeaderCollection of Richard F. Miller.
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