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Nest 7 feet from ground, built in a brambly ten foot wild cherry sapling, thinly intermingled with dead honeysuckle vines, in edge of a thicket by a woody field. Locally made of many vine tendrils, several dead wild cherry leaves, and several pieces of grape vine bark strips, and lined thinly with fine vine tendrils of average size.
Date23 Jun 1928
LocalityHolmesburg, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.038134, -75.019711 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set3
Specimen TypeE
Incubationfresh
Identificationunknown
Nest Height2.13 m (7 feet)
Nest Supportwild cherry sapling
Nest Materialsvine tendrils, dead wild cherry leaves, grape vine bark strips
Nest Liningfine vine tendrils
Nest Settingedge of a thicket by a woody field, brambly ten foot wild cherry sapling thinly intermingled with dead honeysuckle vines
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