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803, Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus (see species summary here)Record status ACCEPTED Vm 1522 [on-line data upload (2011-11-14): 10584] Species Southern masked weaver Observer(s) Fiford Graham; Mervyn Fiford Country, town, locus South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Howick,
2930ACLocality Amber Valley retirement village Latitude, longitude -29.4754701418872, 30.2151489257812 [0 m accuracy] Date 2011/11/12 Notes There are two islands in the middle of a dam on the Amber Valley retirement village property near Howick. One has a grove a blue gums growing on it and the other a single weeping willow. Both trees are home to a massive colony of southern masked weavers. On the blue gum island I counted 19 nests and on the willow island 12. Nest building activity is frenetic at the moment with males coming and going with nesting material all the time. Nest count 31 Nest site tree
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Note: repeats from the same day are not shown.vm Species code Date Nests Notes 1522 803 12/11/2011 31 There are two islands in the middle of a dam on the Amber Valley retirement village property near Howick. One has a grove a blue gums growing on it and the other a single weeping willow. Both trees are home to a massive colony of southern masked weavers. On the blue gum island I counted 19 nests and on the willow island 12. Nest building activity is frenetic at the moment with males coming and going with nesting material all the time. 
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