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

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Vm	177 [on-line data upload (2010-10-15): 1938]
Species	Southern Masked Weaver
Observer(s)	Oschadleus HD; Susie Cuningham; Victoria Odell
Country, town, locus	South Africa, Western Cape, Cape Town, 3418BA
Locality	Springfield
Latitude, longitude	-34.0103034432374, 18.5257762670517 (uncertainty: 0m)
Date	2010/10/15
Notes	Mixed colony (see also photo in next VM record), nests of Masked (think 21 nests) and Cape (think 16 nests) alternating along reed stretch. Active nests: 2 eggs; 2 chicks ringed
Nest count	21
Nest site	reed

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vm	Species code	Date	Nests	Notes
133	803	10/10/2010	18	At least 1 male; Southern Masked and Cape Weaver nests interspersed along short stretch of bamboos next to Ottery Stream; nest count estimated (see VM 212)
177	803	15/10/2010	21	Mixed colony (see also photo in next VM record), nests of Masked (think 21 nests) and Cape (think 16 nests) alternating along reed stretch. Active nests: 2 eggs; 2 chicks ringed
260	799	1/11/2010	20	Cape Weavers steadily taking over what was a Masked Weaver colony last year; 4 active nests (eggs or chicks), 2 chicks ringed (nest just above river - see photo3)
880	799	17/7/2011	2	2 nests seem to be Cape weaver nests, 1 nest seems to be Southern Masked Weaver nest, males of both species present, bamboos
1046	803	14/8/2011	3	1 breeding female, 1 male (with ring)
1077	803	21/8/2011	3	1 male, 1 female breeding
1231	803	12/9/2011	3
1367	803	14/10/2011	4
1401	803	22/10/2011	5	1 nest with 3 eggs, 1 nest with 1 chick - fed by colour ringed female
1510	803	9/11/2011	5	1 nest with addled eggs; f investigating new nest
1584	803	27/11/2011	6	male building, one female visiting breeding nest regularly
1615	799	5/12/2011	24	1 chick ringed, many nests gone
1775	803	29/12/2011	7	4 old nests in usual site, 3 more recent nests further along reed clump - one with 2 eggs
1824	803	16/1/2012	3	1 nest with 2 chicks - ringed
2034	803	28/3/2012	1	1 old nest left
2273	803	26/4/2012	3	3 nests left, rest probably cut off by City trimming of bamboos
2590	799	17/7/2012	3	nests not present 1 week ago
2603	803	23/7/2012	2	female breeding
2609	799	26/7/2012	7	1 male seen; nests in Spanish reed
2628	803	30/7/2012	3	1 female, 1 male [second male in reeds with separate colony]
2692	803	6/8/2012	3	1 male, 1 female
2723	803	13/8/2012	3	1 female feeding chick
2749	803	20/8/2012	3	female feeding chick
2795	803	28/8/2012	4	male building new nest where previous breeding nest had been
2840	803	3/9/2012	3
2886	803	9/9/2012	4
2930	803	16/9/2012	4

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