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Nest 5 ft from ground in top of a thick clump of flowering locusts six ft high, in border of a black ash thicket, and poorly hidden. Lovely made of grasses and vine stems, dead leaves and bark strips, lined thinly with reddish vine tendrils; of average size. Found empty on the 24th ult.
Date06 Jun 1936
LocalityBustleton, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.066111, -75.051622 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set3
Specimen TypeE
Incubationslight (transcribed as “Slightly incubated”)
Identificationbird on nest (transcribed as “Female seen on nest”)
Nest Height1.52 m (5 feet)
Nest Supportflowering locusts
Nest Materialsgrasses, vine stems, dead leaves, bark strips
Nest Liningreddish vine tendrils
Nest Settingborder of a black ash thicket
Nest NotesNest was in top of a thick clump of flowering locusts six feet high, poorly hidden, of average size. Found empty on the 24th.
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