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792, Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius (see species summary here)

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Record status	ACCEPTED
Vm	5059 [on-line data upload (2013-01-22): 31212]
Species	Lesser Masked Weaver
Observer(s)	Zaloumis, Alex
Country, town, locus	South Africa, Limpopo, Tzaneen, 2430BC
Locality	monsoon gallery tea room
Latitude, longitude	-24.374778, 30.703941 [0 m accuracy]
Date	2012/12/29
Notes	updated status - colony cleared from trees above tables due to snakes & mess etc. Colony relocated to staff compound area especially in a bamboo thicket & immediate surrounding trees. Very close contact with humans - can touch many. Bamboo thicket at least 32 nests. Tree above staff house 28. tree between bamboo & tree 17. old nest site now cleared 5 nests. Diedericks & jacobin cuckoo in trees. Total LMW nests - about 82 plus Sth masked weaver - 3 small colonies (see next entry)
Nest count	82
Nest site	other

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vm	Species code	Date	Nests	Notes
1854	792	20/1/2012	42
5059	792	29/12/2012	82	updated status - colony cleared from trees above tables due to snakes & mess etc. Colony relocated to staff compound area especially in a bamboo thicket & immediate surrounding trees. Very close contact with humans - can touch many. Bamboo thicket at least 32 nests. Tree above staff house 28. tree between bamboo & tree 17. old nest site now cleared 5 nests. Diedericks & jacobin cuckoo in trees. Total LMW nests - about 82 plus Sth masked weaver - 3 small colonies (see next entry)
6991	792	16/8/2013	0	Vm 5059 revisited. Photo of dense bamboo thicket only. No weavers seen - manager claims they have not returned yet. All old nests - not counted.
7081	792	10/9/2013	0	Vm 6991 revisited. Seems there are 3 weaver species here: LMW, masked & now Village. No sign of LMW or Masked. [see also prev record]
7183	792	3/10/2013	0	New nests being built in both bamboo cluster & neighbouring knob-thorn tree. Mostly males - building. Females about.
7269	792	12/10/2013	0	Vm 7183 revisited. 24 new nests in bamboo and thorn tree. 16 males & 3 females ringed on site.

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