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799, Cape Weaver Ploceus capensis (see species summary here)Record status ACCEPTED Vm 30830 [on-line data upload (2022-07-02): 815587] Species Cape Weaver Observer(s) Oschadleus HD Country, town, locus South Africa, Western Cape, Bellville,
3318DCLocality Jack Muller Park, park mid Latitude, longitude -33.89016, 18.630345 [ m accuracy] Date 2022/6/29 Notes old nests, male breaking old nest (then flew to tree) Nest count 15 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 18038 799 17/10/2015 7 1 male 18210 799 29/10/2015 7 female weaver sleeping in nest 18335 799 21/11/2015 9 1 male, also full breeding plumage but base of bill pale grey 18498 799 12/12/2015 9 seems deserted 18662 799 7/1/2016 8 old nests, no weavers 18752 799 30/1/2016 8 old nests; Pied Barbet in tree, flew to nest (photo 1), went into nest briefly 19031 799 21/3/2016 8 old nests; pair of Red-headed Finches flew from colony, but back later - male into one nest for a while and female perched on another (also birdpix 25076) then pair flew towards Corner colony 19105 799 17/4/2016 8 old nests 19323 799 15/5/2016 9 old nests 21243 799 17/6/2016 10 old nests, male in tree 22539 799 17/7/2016 14 green + old nests, 3 males, 1 female in tree 24020 799 9/8/2016 14 1+ male, female out nest; Pied Barbet heard in area, think from this colony 24213 799 9/9/2016 20 2 males, female investigating 24393 799 7/10/2016 23 2+ males in colony (birdpix 30881), female fed chicks; Cape Sparrow pair and nest in tree (birdpix 30879), Red-headed Finch pair in tree investigating weaver nests several times 8-10am, sometimes chased away by CWs or just flew off to return a bit later (birdpix 30880) 24732 799 20/11/2016 21 old nests 24901 799 4/1/2017 19 no weavers seen; 5 Rh Finches (birdpix 33267) left tree and nests; 3 RhF eggs on ground below (1) addled egg (2) empty egg with hole (not from hatching) (3) small egg piece (not from no. 2) 25034 799 5/2/2017 20 25159 799 13/3/2017 19 green nest (rest old), male in tree, dead juv below (prob juv - many pin feathers), 3 Cape Sparrow nests and female sparrow in tree 26194 799 14/5/2017 22 20 old nests, 2 new, no weavers 26311 799 18/6/2017 20 old nests; at dusk Cape Weavers and 2 Red-headed Finches (birdpix 38219) in tree, prob to roost 26446 799 26/8/2017 22 male, green nest, RhF pair in tree 27306 799 4/4/2018 19 old but 1 greenish nest 27430 799 6/6/2018 17 1 male in tree, new nests 27846 799 13/10/2018 26 2+chicks in nest, 2+ females in tree, 2+ males 28122 799 22/12/2018 28 26+2 old N 28212 799 16/1/2019 27 2+25N old, double nest 28322 799 17/3/2019 30 2 males singing in tree; green N; most old 28400 799 27/4/2019 29 c4 green N, rest old 28446 799 11/5/2019 23 at least 2 males and 4 females head tucked (sev photos from diff angles but think same 6 CWs, 1 seen with headlamp b4 took photos); 6am dark (sunrise at 7.26am) 28504 799 4/6/2019 28 most old but 2 green nests, 1+ male 29181 799 25/11/2019 25 old N 29629 799 9/12/2020 25 seems old 30185 799 2/10/2021 17 1+male, female, green N, 1 double nest 30732 799 23/4/2022 17 old 30830 799 29/6/2022 15 old nests, male breaking old nest (then flew to tree) 
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