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Placed 7 1/2 feet up in thick green honeysuckle vines clinging to spicewood bushes in Liquidamber thicket at edge of a wood and well hidden. Well made, of average size and deeply cupped, composed of vine tendrils, dead leaves and grape and oak strips, lined thickly with fine vine tendrils.
Date21 May 1915
LocalityTorresdale, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.057092, -75.002899 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set3
Specimen TypeE
Incubationfresh
Identificationpositive
Nest Height2.29 m (7.5 feet)
Nest Supportthick green honeysuckle vines clinging to spicewood bushes
Nest Materialsvine tendrils, dead leaves, grape strips, oak strips
Nest Liningfine vine tendrils
Nest SettingLiquidamber thicket at edge of a wood
Nest NotesWell made, of average size and deeply cupped, well hidden
HeaderOological Collection of Richard F. Miller, Philadelphia, PA.
Further DetailsJan-15

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