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Nest situated 4 feet up in thin honeysuckle vines on a thick thorn sprout, well hidden, in border of a thicket, by a deep-water quarry hole. Width outside 4 1/2" | inside 2 3/4". Loosely made of honeysuckle vine tendrils, a small piece of tissue paper and a thick layer of grape vine bark strips 1 1/2" thick - lined thickly with brown vine tendrils.
Date10 Jun 1932
LocalityLancasterville, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.1262249, -75.2563825 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set4
Specimen TypeE
Incubationfresh
Identificationunknown
Nest Height1.22 m (4 feet)
Nest Supportthin honeysuckle vines on a thick thorn sprout
Nest Materialshoneysuckle vine tendrils, small piece of tissue paper, grape vine bark strips
Nest Liningbrown vine tendrils
Near Waternear water
Nest Settingborder of a thicket, by a deep-water quarry hole
Nest NotesWell hidden. Width outside 4.5 inches, inside 2.75 inches. Loosely made with thick layer of grape vine bark strips 1.5 inches thick.
Further DetailsFor Nest | 4-Nov

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