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797, Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus (see species summary here)

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Record statusACCEPTED
Vm9074 [on-line data upload (2014-03-05): 70996]
SpeciesVillage Weaver
Observer(s)Cohen, Callan
Country, town, locusTanzania, , Butiama,
0234AA
LocalitySerengeti National Park, near Grumeti River
Latitude, longitude-2.166703, 34.141859 [1000 m accuracy]
Date2013/4/30
NotesThere were at least 5 Village Weaver nests suspended on some branches coming out of the bases of a giant Martial Eagle nest. Although I found a pair of Martial Eagles mating on this nest a year earlier, and they were again in the vicinity, I was quite surprised by the contents of the nest. I initially took the huddled down shape in the nest to be a juvenile Martial, but later when it lifted itself up, it was clearly an adult Ruppell's Griffon. It sat on the nest for at least two hours, both sitting tightly, and standing up. There is no direct evidence of nesting.
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vmSpecies codeDateNestsNotes
907479730/4/20135There were at least 5 Village Weaver nests suspended on some branches coming out of the bases of a giant Martial Eagle nest. Although I found a pair of Martial Eagles mating on this nest a year earlier, and they were again in the vicinity, I was quite surprised by the contents of the nest. I initially took the huddled down shape in the nest to be a juvenile Martial, but later when it lifted itself up, it was clearly an adult Ruppell's Griffon. It sat on the nest for at least two hours, both sitting tightly, and standing up. There is no direct evidence of nesting.

Vm 9074

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