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

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Record statusACCEPTED
Vm1522 [on-line data upload (2011-11-14): 10584]
SpeciesSouthern masked weaver
Observer(s)Fiford Graham; Mervyn Fiford
Country, town, locusSouth Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Howick,
2930AC
LocalityAmber Valley retirement village
Latitude, longitude-29.4754701418872, 30.2151489257812 [0 m accuracy]
Date2011/11/12
NotesThere 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 count31
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vmSpecies codeDateNestsNotes
152280312/11/201131There 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.

Vm 1522

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