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Started 7 flushed from nest. Nest built six feet up in top of thick honeysuckle vines up on a sumac bush, well hidden by alder swamp at bottom of a wooded hillside. Small, loosely built of weed strips, grass stems and grape vine bark strips, lined thickly with fine vine tendrils of a reddish color; fondly built; well cupped and site secure.
Date23 May 1933
LocalityFlushing, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.11833, -74.90694 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set3
Specimen TypeE
Incubationunknown
Identificationflushed
Nest Height1.83 m (6 feet)
Nest Supporthoneysuckle vines on sumac bush
Nest Materialsweed strips, grass stems, grape vine bark strips
Nest Liningfine vine tendrils of a reddish color
Nest Settingalder swamp at bottom of wooded hillside
Nest NotesWell hidden, small and loosely built but fondly built, well cupped and site secure. Started 7 flushed from nest.
Further Details150 3/2 eggs | 150/3

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