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799, Cape Weaver Ploceus capensis (see species summary here)Record status ACCEPTED Vm 26553 [on-line data upload (2017-10-01): 304965] Species Cape Weaver Observer(s) Oschadleus HD Country, town, locus South Africa, Western Cape, Cape Town,
3318CDLocality Robben Island, penguin colony Latitude, longitude -33.79606, 18.371941 [0 m accuracy] Date 2017/9/27 Notes 8+6N+ring, female fed chicks Nest count 14 Nest site tree
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History of repeat colony counts
Note: repeats from the same day are not shown.vm Species code Date Nests Notes 18288 799 9/9/2004 0 male hanging from nest; Hadeda chick on nest 18289 799 27/9/2005 20 2 males, 1 female; male with rings (-,Orange/M); hadeda nest empty 18290 799 4/10/2005 21 2 males retrapped, 1 breeding nest - female fed chicks, Plus 1 new ring in Gum2; 1 nest with hole in chamber (not clear in photo) 18291 799 12/10/2005 20 1 nest in gum2; 2 nests untidy, 6 nests sl untidy 18292 799 26/10/2005 22 21N + 1N in gum2 18293 799 9/11/2005 21 20N + 1N in gum2; old broken N on ground - mainly grass shell, gum leaves in ceiling - photo 18294 799 7/12/2005 18 17N + 1N in gum2; Hadeda on nest, eggshell & dead chick on ground 18295 799 23/6/2006 5 5 green nests plus ring (empty Hadeda nest) 18296 799 8/9/2006 24 3+ males, female fed chicks; 1N in gum2; [Hadeda on nest in photo] 18297 799 22/8/2007 11 4+ males; 2 gums, Hadeda 3 chicks ringed 234 799 28/10/2010 54 Hadeda nest with orange material and Hadeda eggshell below indicating recent breeding; female Cape Weaver fed chicks; nests in clump of 3 gum trees 11320 799 12/3/2014 4 13590 799 28/8/2014 25 VM234 revisited. 11 nests in one tree, 14+ nests in the other tree. Trees about 10m apart. Some green nests seen. Birds very active. 13987 799 8/11/2014 73 many nests in gums 16839 799 4/6/2015 4 VM 13987 revisited. There used to be two trees with nests, one has been cut down. Only old nests. 17974 799 3/10/2015 69 breeding nest, green nest, 1 of nest trees cut, 33+36 nests, eggshells below [many weavers ringed next morning] 26467 799 28/8/2017 3 three new green nests present in eucalypt. 1 adult weaver present. 26553 799 27/9/2017 14 8+6N+ring, female fed chicks 
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