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797, Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus (see species summary here)

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Record status	ACCEPTED
Vm	5197 [manual upload (2013-02-28)]
Species	lmw
Observer(s)	Schultz B; Schultz S
Country, town, locus	South Africa, Mpumalanga, Skukuza, x
Locality	lake panic
Latitude, longitude	-24.9814, 31.5664472 [5000 m accuracy]
Date	2012/10/18
Notes	35 nests, 1+ green nests, 4 br males, 1 females, tree
Nest count	35
Nest site	tree

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vm	Species code	Date	Nests	Notes
5700	797	6/1/2007	0	Gathering nesting material
5197	797	18/10/2012	35	35 nests, 1+ green nests, 4 br males, 1 females, tree
6488	797	20/7/2013	8	8 nests reasonable, couple of rings & bits. Nests in tree shared with active grey & goliath heronry. One weaver nest, one of 8, is very close to Grey Heron. Photo of Goliath Heron at http://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-3725. would expect herons to eat weavers, especially young fledgelings. Have pics of herons eating birds.
7093	797	8/9/2013	7	Heronry still active. Weavers heard on approach but did not attend nests for 1hr spent there - mid day. Obtaining records from a habitual Panic pan addict - shot on same day. 7 new nests seen.
13096	797	6/9/2014	6	Nesting in a Jackalberry tree
18541	797	31/1/2015	0	there were two blue waxbills collecting twigs and all around the weaver nests but didn't notice them going into the nests.

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