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799, Cape Weaver Ploceus capensis (see species summary here)Record status ACCEPTED Vm 2684 [on-line data upload (2012-08-09): 20809] Species Cape Weaver Observer(s) Oschadleus HD Country, town, locus South Africa, Western Cape, Cape Town,
3418ABLocality Langvlei south side Latitude, longitude -34.056386, 18.465429 [0 m accuracy] Date 2012/8/6 Notes Nest count 9 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 835 799 14/6/2011 3 3 old nests, male (with a metal ring) displaying, a female investigating an old nest! 847 799 25/6/2011 6 3 old nests, 2 green nests, 1 new ring, 1 or 2 males in colony 924 799 26/7/2011 9 male & fed fed calling chicks in 1 nest, male seen with caterpillar once 936 799 30/7/2011 10 1 nest with 2 chicks (ringed), 1 with 2 eggs, rest non-breeding 1049 799 14/8/2011 10 female fed chicks 1069 799 20/8/2011 10 at least 2 females, photo - male hanging from nest and 1 female feeding chicks 1080 799 22/8/2011 11 male hanging from 1 nest, same male later demolishing another nest 1224 799 12/9/2011 11 2 males, at least 1 female breeding 1385 799 18/10/2011 6 Male breaking nest down 1406 799 24/10/2011 7 2 males, 1 female into nest (photo - female leaving nest) 1508 799 8/11/2011 7 2 females fed chicks (2 breeding nests) 1574 799 21/11/2011 8 1623 799 5/12/2011 8 1769 799 29/12/2011 8 deserted 1970 799 27/2/2012 8 old nests, no weavers 2030 799 27/3/2012 10 Some activity in mid non-breeding season! Male present, new nests 2215 799 13/4/2012 8 2 males displayed briefly (on old nests) to arriving female but where all disturbed before I got a photo of the birds 2265 799 21/4/2012 8 no weavers seen, but 1 greenish nest 2270 799 26/4/2012 8 Southern Masked Weaver (very rare at Langvlei) visited the nests but was chased away by a male Cape Weaver 2381 799 20/5/2012 8 old nests 2439 799 9/6/2012 9 1 greenish nest 2501 799 28/6/2012 12 2 males present 2548 799 5/7/2012 14 2 males present, female entered nest with nest lining 2557 799 10/7/2012 14 2 males 2564 799 13/7/2012 12 female bringing nest lining several times; 2 males 2586 799 17/7/2012 11 1 nest with 2 eggs, adult male colour ringed 2600 799 23/7/2012 10 1 female breeding; 1 male (second male seems to have left) 2621 799 30/7/2012 10 1 male, 1 female 2684 799 6/8/2012 9 2727 799 13/8/2012 0 tree with colony broke down during storm on 11 August; all nests under water 4111 799 28/11/2012 1 7066 799 5/9/2013 1 7156 799 26/9/2013 2 new green nest 16350 799 25/5/2015 1 1 old nest 16919 799 1/8/2015 5 male building 18241 799 1/11/2015 1 old 26297 799 9/6/2017 1 old nest + broken nest 
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