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Situated 4 feet up in edge of a dense & large clump of blackberry brambles 5 ft. high, in bushy woods, opposite a wooded creek bank completely hidden, at Verreeville. Lovely meadow of wild roses, grasses, dead leaves and grape vine bark strips lined thickly with fine vine tendrils, small cup-shaped of average size.
Date28 May 1919
LocalityBustleton, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.079465, -75.051789 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set3
Specimen TypeE
Incubationfresh
Identificationflushed (transcribed as “by ♀ flushed from nest.”)
Nest Height1.22 m (4 feet)
Nest Supportblackberry brambles
Nest Materialswild roses, grasses, dead leaves, grape vine bark strips
Nest Liningfine vine tendrils
Near Waternear water
Nest Settingedge of dense and large clump of blackberry brambles in bushy woods
Nest NotesSmall cup-shaped nest of average size, completely hidden at 4 feet up in 5-foot-high brambles at Verreeville
HeaderOOLOGICAL COLLECTION OF RICHARD F. MILLER, PHILADELPHIA, PA.
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