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Placed 45 inches up in grape vines hanging from wild cherry saplings in edge of thicket along unused road near old icehouse. Lovely made of fine bleached vine tendrils, dead beech & maple leaves and thin layer of grapevine bark strips lined thickly with fine brown vine tendrils.
Date06 May 1913
LocalityHolmesburg, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.0509094, -75.0164509 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set3
Specimen TypeE
Incubationfresh
Identificationpositive (transcribed as “by the birds”)
Nest Height1.14 m (45 inches)
Nest Supportgrape vines hanging from wild cherry saplings
Nest Materialsfine bleached vine tendrils, dead beech leaves, dead maple leaves, thin layer of grapevine bark strips
Nest Liningfine brown vine tendrils
Nest Settingedge of thicket along unused road near old icehouse
Nest NotesLovely construction with fine materials
HeaderCOLLECTION OF RICHARD F. MILLER, PHILADELPHIA, PENNA.
Further Details29

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