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791, Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis (see species summary here)Record status ACCEPTED Vm 17933 [on-line data upload (2015-10-08): 168606] Species ploceus ocularis Observer(s) de Cauwer R Country, town, locus Congo (DRC), Katanga, Kasomeno,
1028DCLocality Luapula river camp Latitude, longitude -10.8963015183742, 28.5443499684334 [10 m accuracy] Date 2015/9/30 Notes Strange nests made by ocularis on an island on the Luapula river - they seem to try and copy dried Papyrus leaves - they have replaced their long tunnel entrees with dangling straw. Yet I did find other nests on the banks of the river which are still traditional ones with long entrance tubes. Last year I found 5 abandoned nests build the same way on the same island. same island Nest count 1 Nest site reed
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Note: repeats from the same day are not shown.vm Species code Date Nests Notes 17933 791 30/9/2015 1 Strange nests made by ocularis on an island on the Luapula river - they seem to try and copy dried Papyrus leaves - they have replaced their long tunnel entrees with dangling straw. Yet I did find other nests on the banks of the river which are still traditional ones with long entrance tubes. Last year I found 5 abandoned nests build the same way on the same island. same island 18737 791 24/1/2016 0 16 Mixed nests from ocularis and xanthops - Ocularis nests were mixed with more TATTY and less normal tube entrances.I found that the tatty tubes were found only near Papyrus plants were growing- Xanthops had normal ball shaped nests. 26336 3922 18/6/2017 4 Three old abandoned nests of Ploceus melanocephalus. One was squated by a pair of Musicapa aquatica, it had two eggs as seen on picture 1944. 26337 801 7/7/2017 4 4 old abandoned Nests of Ploceus Xanthops with 2 squated by Musicapa A. 
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