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No birds about. Nest 8 feet up in thin greenbrier vines depended from a horizontally grown black oak sapling on edge of a low wooded bluff on lower side; firmly hidden. Well made of fine vine stems, weed & grass stems, grass blades, dry leaves & grape vine bark strips, lined thickly with fine reddish vine tendrils; well cupped.
Date14 Apr 1929
LocalityPensauken, Camden, New Jersey, USA
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set3
Specimen TypeE
Incubationfresh
Identificationunknown
Nest Height2.44 m (8 feet)
Nest Supportthin greenbrier vines depended from a horizontally grown black oak sapling
Nest Materialsfine vine stems, weed stems, grass stems, grass blades, dry leaves, grape vine bark strips
Nest Liningfine reddish vine tendrils
Nest Settingedge of a low wooded bluff on lower side
Nest NotesNo birds about. Firmly hidden. Well made and well cupped.
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