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803, Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus (see species summary here)

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Vm	1215 [on-line data upload (2011-09-11): 9002]
Species	Southern Masked Weaver
Observer(s)	Oschadleus HD
Country, town, locus	South Africa, Western Cape, Cape Town, 3318CD
Locality	Nest over tributary to Black River near Keert de Koe
Latitude, longitude	-33.9627276424575, 18.4921507537365 (uncertainty: 0m)
Date	2011/9/10
Notes	No weavers seen but very brief visit
Nest count	3
Nest site	tree

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vm	Species code	Date	Nests	Notes
837	803	13/6/2011	1	Nest half built, still open at back. Nest first observed on previous day, 12 June. This site had eight nests last year (which were not submitted to PHOWN)
838	803	14/6/2011	1	Nest now nearly complete. Nest is above the canal on Bougainvillea shrub, built at end of long shoot sticking out over canal. The third picture shows the bird thinning the leaves on other branches.
854	803	26/6/2011	2	This is the same colony as PHOWN 837 and PHOWN 838. There are now two nests.
855	803	10/7/2011	3	This is the same colony has PHOWN 837 and 838. There are now three nests.
888	803	11/7/2011	3	No birds in attendance; 1 newly constructed nest
931	803	24/7/2011	3	PHOWN 837, 838, 854, 855 are the same colony. It still has three nests
941	803	30/7/2011	4	this is the same nest as phown 837, 838, 854, 855, 931 and now has four nests (the 4th is under construction, on the left of the picture)
1035	803	12/8/2011	2	Only two nests remain. The nest built first and third have been destroyed. The last remains of these nests can be seen in the second and third photos
1061	803	16/8/2011	3	This is a fifth nest being built, the first and third were destroyed, a this nest is being build at the site of the third nest! (837, 838, 854, etc)
1215	803	10/9/2011	3	No weavers seen but very brief visit
1807	803	8/1/2012	4	4 nests (2 + 1 + 1) in bushes high above canal
1853	803	22/1/2012	4
1995	803	23/2/2012	4	Still 4 nests left although breeding has stopped
4697	803	13/12/2012	8	This colony has had a varying number of nests since it started in June --- it is still active
5550	803	27/4/2013	1	This new nest is built in among the decomposing nests of the 2012 breeding season. It is the first nest to be built in this colony this year: early on 27 April

Vm 837	Vm 838	Vm 854	Vm 855	Vm 888	Vm 931
Vm 941	Vm 1035	Vm 1061	Vm 1215	Vm 1807	Vm 1853
Vm 1995	Vm 4697	Vm 5550