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Nest in border of a swampy thicket containing few large trees, situated 6 ft up in a red cedar about 8 ft. high, beside stem in double crotch. Well made of grass stems, rootlets, few weed stems & grape vine bark strips, lined thickly with fine grass stems; well cupped.
Date04 May 1929
LocalitySomerdale, Camden, New Jersey, USA
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set2
Specimen TypeE
Incubationtwo thirds (transcribed as “Two-thirds incubated”)
Identificationflushed (transcribed as “2 flushed off”)
Nest Height1.83 m (6 feet)
Nest Supportred cedar
Nest Materialsgrass stems, rootlets, weed stems, grape vine bark strips
Nest Liningfine grass stems
Near Waternear water
Nest Settingborder of a swampy thicket containing few large trees
Nest NotesSituated beside stem in double crotch of 8-foot-high red cedar. Well made and well cupped.
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