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Composed of leaves, weeds and grape vine bark and tendrils; lined with vine tendrils. Built two feet up; in among the branches of a hedge fence (osage orange). Located on a steep bank above a public road; a short distance below small wood, 20 feet from a creek.
Date25 Apr 1905
LocalityWisecarver Run, Greene, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates39.93098, -80.21064 ↗ map
CollectorDickey, Samuel S.
Eggs in Set3
Specimen Typee
Incubationfresh
Identificationflushed (transcribed as “Bird flushed”)
Nest Height0.61 m (2 feet)
Nest Supportosage orange hedge fence
Nest Materialsleaves, weeds, grape vine bark, grape vine tendrils
Nest Liningvine tendrils
Near Waternear water
Nest Settinghedge fence on steep bank above public road, below small wood
Nest NotesBuilt in among the branches of a hedge fence (osage orange). Located on a steep bank above a public road; a short distance below small wood, 20 feet from a creek.
HeaderCOLLECTION OF S. S. DICKEY, WAYNESBURG, PA.
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