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

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Vm	1462 [on-line data upload (2011-11-02): 10190]
Species	Southern Masked Weaver
Observer(s)	McFarlane J
Country, town, locus	South Africa, Western Cape, Cape Town, 3418BA
Locality	Ottery, Siros Rd
Latitude, longitude	-34.00469, 18.507608 (uncertainty: 0m)
Date	2011/9/5
Notes
Nest count	1
Nest site	tree

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vm	Species code	Date	Nests	Notes
2526	803	1/11/2010	1
2527	803	14/11/2010	4
2529	803	22/11/2010	5
2530	803	27/11/2010	4
2531	803	10/2/2011	2
993	803	28/7/2011	1
994	803	1/8/2011	1
1461	803	30/8/2011	1	The first nest was successful, with 2 young hatching out and both growing to adulthood. These are the pics I managed to get of the second nest. Unfortunately, this was also the last nest, as, before it was occupied, the garden service was called in to cut down a tree and do various other clearing (3 days). The Weaver stopped building, dismantled the nest, and has not built another one, although he's still around, and his ladies are still around and still interested
1462	803	5/9/2011	1
1463	803	10/9/2011	1
2535	803	2/7/2012	1	First nest of the season.
3105	803	11/7/2012	2	Owing (I assume) to the sudden onset of cold and very rainy weather, the male abandoned construction of nest 2.
3106	803	11/8/2012	1	Nest 3 was started early in August, and several others have followed, up to the end of September. All the nests bar one were built in the favoured central position
3107	803	16/8/2012	1	Nests were built in the favoured central position
3108	803	2/9/2012	2	nests were built in the favoured central position
3109	803	6/9/2012	3	nests were built in the favoured central position
3110	803	10/9/2012	3	nests were built in the favoured central position
3111	803	18/9/2012	3	nests were built in the favoured central position
3112	803	23/9/2012	3	nests were built in the favoured central position
3114	803	26/9/2012	3	Nests bar one were built in the favoured central position. The lone exception was started late in September and situated well away from the other nests, above and to the left.
3115	803	29/9/2012	2	The male is still building -- and is as popular with females as ever - as may be seen by the latest, incomplete nest
5018	803	3/10/2012	4	3 October – Nest begun at end of September now finished (4 nests complete)
5019	803	10/10/2012	5	10 October – New nest begun. There are now 5 nests – 3 in centre, one slightly above and one outlier.
5020	803	12/10/2012	4	12 October – One of the centre nests (the rearmost) demolished, leaving 2 in the centre, one above and one outlier, which the Male is still busily adding to.
5021	803	21/10/2012	1	16 October – The nest slightly above the others demolished. 17–19 October – All the nests except the Front one of the centre nest group demolished.
5022	803	29/10/2012	1
5023	803	5/11/2012	2	3 November – At last another nest added, well above and to the left of the remaining centre nest. Photo on 5 Nov.
5024	803	14/11/2012	3	By 14 November – Came back to find the 3 November nest demolished, and another two built, closer to main nest (still in use). The left-hand one looks, by its colour, to have been completed in the past couple of days.
5025	803	15/11/2012	2	15 November – Top right-hand nest demolished. Male still working on remaining top nest. Lower nest still occupied by female.
5026	803	18/11/2012	3	16 November – New nest in front of, ie to the west of, the occupied nest.
5027	803	25/11/2012	4	24 November – Another new nest, very close to previous top nest. A female flew out of the new nest of 16 November, so it appears to be occupied.
5028	803	30/11/2012	3	30 November – I must have been wrong about the new nest being occupied (the female I saw emerging was evidently only inspecting show-houses), as both the top nests have been demolished, and a new nest, well above the remining bottom two and well to the left, has been built.
5029	803	1/12/2012	4	1 December – a new nest (which has been built amazingly quickly), situated above the two old nests, about in the position previously occupied by the “new” nest of 24 November.
5030	803	5/12/2012	3	5 December – The two “main” nests (ie the oldest nest and nest of 16 November) demolished. One new nest in their place at present under construction.
5031	803	9/12/2012	2	9 December – Another new “high” nest well on towards completion.
5032	803	14/12/2012	1	Friday, 14 December – the nest of 9 Dec demolished, so only one nest – the new one in the “central” position – left intact.
5033	803	27/12/2012	3	16 December – New nest built above and behind the “centre” nest. 27 December – New nest in the “top left” position. Both older nests appear to be occupied – females seen emerging from both. 30 December – New nest demolished. 31 December – Rear nest torn down, leaving only the “centre” one (I was evidently wrong about the rear one being occupied).

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