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Nest: 6 ft. up in dense somewhat swampy area of wild grape vines 4 ft. back from Mayberry bushes in border of Asa Kater's woods almost to Linden. Largely woods, deeply cupped & of average size, composed of grass stems, nice & thick, somewhat spiral in leaves & between layers of grape vines. Lined thickly with grasses and vine. Ten dials.
Date18 Apr 1922
LocalityBustleton, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.079465, -75.051789 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set3
Specimen TypeE
Incubationslight
Identificationbird on nest (transcribed as “From nest. Sat close”)
Nest Height1.83 m (6 feet)
Nest Supportwild grape vines
Nest Materialsgrass stems
Nest Lininggrasses, vine
Nest Settingdense somewhat swampy area of wild grape vines in border of woods
Nest NotesLocated 4 feet back from Mayberry bushes in border of Asa Kater's woods almost to Linden. Largely woods, deeply cupped and of average size, composed of grass stems nice and thick, somewhat spiral in leaves and between layers of grape vines. Ten dials.
HeaderOOLOGICAL COLLECTION OF RICHARD F. MILLER, PHILADELPHIA, PA.
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