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

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Record statusACCEPTED
Vm5197 [manual upload (2013-02-28)]
Specieslmw
Observer(s)Schultz B; Schultz S
Country, town, locusSouth Africa, Mpumalanga, Skukuza,
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Localitylake panic
Latitude, longitude-24.9814, 31.5664472 [5000 m accuracy]
Date2012/10/18
Notes35 nests, 1+ green nests, 4 br males, 1 females, tree
Nest count35
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vmSpecies codeDateNestsNotes
57007976/1/20070Gathering nesting material
519779718/10/20123535 nests, 1+ green nests, 4 br males, 1 females, tree
648879720/7/201388 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.
70937978/9/20137Heronry 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.
130967976/9/20146Nesting in a Jackalberry tree
1854179731/1/20150there 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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