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Nest situated 48" up in triple elder on a front 6 ft. high, in a yard of a tenant, well hidden. Lovely number of gum and sumac pairs of sumac gum and nice banded squares lined thinly with fine reddish root tendrils of sumac.
Date30 May 1937
LocalityTorresdale, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.043353, -74.99598 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set2
Specimen TypeE
Incubationslight
Identificationunknown
Nest Height1.22 m (48 inches)
Nest Supporttriple elder
Nest Materialsgum, sumac
Nest Liningfine reddish root tendrils of sumac
Nest Settingyard of a tenant
Nest NotesWell hidden nest with lovely construction using banded squares lined thinly.
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