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Nest built 6 ft up in grape vines 10 ft high and 6 ft thick, in a sprunt, in center of a thicket, by a road; not well hidden. Loosely made of small stems, many dead beech leaves and layer of grape vine bark strips, lined thickly with fine vine tendrils; of average size.
Date10 Jun 1926
LocalityBustleton, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Coordinates40.094074, -75.042399 ↗ map
CollectorMiller, Richard F.
Eggs in Set2
Specimen TypeE
Incubationfresh
Identificationbird seen (transcribed as “Female seen”)
Nest Height1.83 m (6 feet)
Nest Supportgrape vines
Nest Materialssmall stems, dead beech leaves, grape vine bark strips
Nest Liningfine vine tendrils
Nest Settingcenter of a thicket by a road
Nest NotesNest built in grape vines 10 ft high and 6 ft thick, in a sprunt; not well hidden. Loosely made and of average size.
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