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

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Record status	ACCEPTED
Vm	5011 [on-line data upload (2013-01-03): 29892]
Species	Southern Masked Weaver
Observer(s)	Zaloumis, Alex
Country, town, locus	South Africa, Limpopo, Ndlovumuzi , 2430BD
Locality	radio tower site
Latitude, longitude	-24.3985, 30.762933333333 [0 m accuracy]
Date	2012/12/31
Notes	New - Sthn. masked weavers. Location 17, 5 & 4 nests, mostly unattended, located in 3 hookthorn trees surrounding a Radio tower mast site. Many small, similar colonies found in this area. seems masked weavers prefer small colonies located near seasonal water - local rains have been late this year so maybe one of the reasons for new Sthn masked weaver nests only being built now. Nests - 26
Nest count	26
Nest site	tree

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vm	Species code	Date	Nests	Notes
5012	779	30/12/2012	5	New - Red billed buffalo weavers in radio tower alongside R36 near Ndlovumuzi turn off. 5 new nests (3 males in attendance/on guard). Nests not noticed last year in spite of being inspected for RH weaver nests. Nests contain chicks. Males constantly building or attending to nests, displaying, squabbling and vocalising. Males bringing food to nests. Very active colony.
5011	803	31/12/2012	26	New - Sthn. masked weavers. Location 17, 5 & 4 nests, mostly unattended, located in 3 hookthorn trees surrounding a Radio tower mast site. Many small, similar colonies found in this area. seems masked weavers prefer small colonies located near seasonal water - local rains have been late this year so maybe one of the reasons for new Sthn masked weaver nests only being built now. Nests - 26
7502	803	17/11/2013	3	Vm 5011/5615 revisited. 3 new, single nests in different trees surrounding the tower perimeter. There were 26 nests in Dec 2012. Very late rains this season. First rains now started & flying ants swarming. 3 new nests counted. One in each tree. Males & females in attendance. The existing paired birds returned to same site.
8875	801	11/2/2014	1	Used to be lesser masked weavers in this tree. None this season. No birds seen.

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