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

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Record status	ACCEPTED
Vm	4135 [on-line data upload (2012-11-29): 26914]
Species	Southern Masked Weaver
Observer(s)	Zaloumis, Alex
Country, town, locus	South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Pongola , 2731BC
Locality	near homestead on N2, 2kms east of Pongola town
Latitude, longitude	-27.383977777778, 31.658627777778 [0 m accuracy]
Date	2012/11/26
Notes	large colony near homestead amongst cane fields - in tall fever tree. Nests reach right down to grass level. No lesser masked weaver birds seen but see similar nests as well. Nests: 79 new and old nests. active colony. [males in colony, see birdpix 1221
Nest count	79
Nest site	tree

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vm	Species code	Date	Nests	Notes
4135	803	26/11/2012	79	large colony near homestead amongst cane fields - in tall fever tree. Nests reach right down to grass level. No lesser masked weaver birds seen but see similar nests as well. Nests: 79 new and old nests. active colony. [males in colony, see birdpix 1221
7089	803	7/9/2013	5	single large isolated fever tree - next to dam, staff quarters 100m from homestead. Comment: very few, mostly old looking nest high up. some 5 new nest very low down. nests. 5

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