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783, Sociable Weaver Philetairus socius (see species summary here)Record status ACCEPTED Vm 11422 [manual upload (2014-06-15): 87905] Species Sociable weaver Observer(s) Bartholomew GA, White FN, Howell TR Country, town, locus South Africa, Northern Cape, Upington,
2820DCLocality near Kakamas, south of Upington Latitude, longitude -28.808881, 20.556053 [20000 m accuracy] Date 1976/0/0 Notes we found a large active nest complex of which many parts were built on a steep cliff with no apparent support but the underlying rock. In other parts of the complex, nest masses were partly supported by branches of
spindly shrubs growing from crevices in the cliff face; possibly these were the sites of
the initial nest building; from Ibis 118:402-410 Nest count 0 Nest site cliff
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Note: repeats from the same day are not shown.vm Species code Date Nests Notes 11422 783 0/0/1976 0 we found a large active nest complex of which many parts were built on a steep cliff with no apparent support but the underlying rock. In other parts of the complex, nest masses were partly supported by branches of
spindly shrubs growing from crevices in the cliff face; possibly these were the sites of
the initial nest building; from Ibis 118:402-410 
Vm 11422