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

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Record statusACCEPTED
Vm1458 [on-line data upload (2011-10-31): 10119]
Speciessouthern masked weaver
Observer(s)Fiford Graham
Country, town, locusSouth Africa, Gauteng, Sandton,
2628AA
LocalityMy garden
Latitude, longitude-26.1201475117181, 28.0296421051025 [0 m accuracy]
Date2011/10/31
NotesWhen nest building activity first commenced in late July/August this year with this weaver colony in my garden there were only four nests in the fever tree and adjoining Anna thorn tree. There were two nests in a nearby pepper tree. Subsequently, the nests in the pepper tree seem to have been torn down and that nest builder seems to have migrated to join the fever/Anna tree group where there are now six nests evident and work just starting on a seventh. These strange migratory movements seem to be quite common with the weavers in our garden.
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vmSpecies codeDateNestsNotes
145880331/10/20116When nest building activity first commenced in late July/August this year with this weaver colony in my garden there were only four nests in the fever tree and adjoining Anna thorn tree. There were two nests in a nearby pepper tree. Subsequently, the nests in the pepper tree seem to have been torn down and that nest builder seems to have migrated to join the fever/Anna tree group where there are now six nests evident and work just starting on a seventh. These strange migratory movements seem to be quite common with the weavers in our garden.

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