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799, Cape Weaver Ploceus capensis (see species summary here)Record status ACCEPTED Vm 6207 [on-line data upload (2013-07-12): 45314] Species Cape Weaver Observer(s) Werner Leah Country, town, locus South Africa, Western Cape, Cape Town,
3318DCLocality Pinelands cnr Ringwood/Rust-en-Vrede Latitude, longitude -33.9364, 18.51685 [0 m accuracy] Date 2013/7/5 Notes 12 green nests and 1 ring; 9 males, although only saw about 5; not as active as usual Nest count 49 Nest site tree
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Note: repeats from the same day are not shown.vm Species code Date Nests Notes 6906 799 2/7/2006 2 No males seen; 2 green nests, no brown nests 6907 799 14/9/2006 5 No males seen; 1 green nest 6908 799 27/10/2006 5 6909 799 6/10/2008 12 possibly 1 male, 2 immature males; at least 1 female; female out + eggshells; 2 immature males displaying and singing 145 799 10/10/2010 46 Pine tree, female feeding chicks, several green nests 1442 799 29/10/2011 68 at least 1 male, at least 2 females breeding, pine tree 2219 799 13/4/2012 72 mostly old nests but 3 new/green nests, 2 males displaying, cell phone photos at 6pm 2537 799 4/7/2012 64 at least 7 males building & displaying, many green nests 2635 799 4/8/2012 65 at least 7 males, at least 1 female 2830 799 4/9/2012 52 at least 4 males, at least 2 females; pine tree 3236 799 9/10/2012 48 3 males building 3744 799 6/11/2012 46 1 male, female fed chicks 4282 799 9/12/2012 45 no weavers seen 5908 799 18/6/2013 43 4 green nests + 2 rings, at least 5 males 5937 799 21/6/2013 48 6 males; 7 green nests and 2 rings 5938 799 26/6/2013 47 6 males; 10 green nests 5939 799 28/6/2013 49 7 males; 9 green nests and 1 ring; female seen inside green nest 5981 799 1/7/2013 50 9 males, but saw about 6; 11 green nests and 1 new ring; female seen in nest for 2nd time in the last week, so may have laid eggs there 5982 799 3/7/2013 53 about 9 males; 12 green nests and 1 ring; female seen inside same nest for 3rd time in week, so fairly certain she laid eggs there; male seen building on long, broken down nest for the second time in the last week, but a nest has not been formed 6207 799 5/7/2013 49 12 green nests and 1 ring; 9 males, although only saw about 5; not as active as usual 6208 799 7/7/2013 49 14 green nests and 1 ring; I believe there's 8 males in colony; 2 females seen inside 2 different nests 6290 799 12/7/2013 49 8 males; 19 green nests; 3 females frequenting 3 different nests 6743 799 30/7/2013 48 20 green nests and 2 rings, and about 7 residential males; 4 females seen inside different nests 6849 799 2/8/2013 48 21 green nests and 4 rings and 6 males; 3 females inside nests, and heard chicks inside 1 nest; I believe 1 residential male left colony, since there was 7 males and now only 6 7075 799 8/9/2013 44 at least 4 males, 3 females, some green nests 11292 799 17/5/2014 56 old nests 13879 799 11/10/2014 48 active 18921 799 27/2/2016 41 old nests, squirrel in tree, vith 16894 19004 799 13/3/2016 40 Nests with roosting Cape Weavers in nests, and many doves in tree:
N1: 1 cw, m, NBN, hd
N2: 1 cw, imm m, NBN, hd
N3: 1 cw, m, NBN, hd
19085 799 10/4/2016 40 weavers roosting in nests.
N1: 1 cw, m, NBN, hd tuck
N2: 1 cw, f], NBN, hd tuck
N3: 1 cw, f], brN, hd tuck
N4: 1 cw, m, NBN, hd tuck
19270 799 8/5/2016 36 N1: csp??, NBN, hd
N2: 1 cw m, NBN, hd
N3: 1 cw m, NBN, hd
20165 799 5/6/2016 35 night checks:
N1: 1cw m, NBN, hd tuck
N2: 1cw m, NBN, hd tuck
N3: 1cw m, NBN, hd
N4: 1cw m, NBN, hd - m flew out
N5: 1csp f, NBN], hd
N w much gr material outside, N w pine needles in ceiling
21988 799 26/6/2016 35 night checks - N1: 1cw m, N?, hd - out
N2: 1cw m, NBN, hd - out
N3: 1csp m, brN, hd
N4: 1cw f, NBN, hd - sl grN
N5: 1cw m, brN], hd
N6: 1 cw m, BrN, hd]
N7: 1 cw imm], NBN, hd - grN
23401 799 31/7/2016 38 N1: 1cw m, NBN, hd tuck
N2: 1cw f, NBN, hd ?
N3: 1cw m, NBN, hd ?
N4: 1cw m, NBN, hd ?
1 male out 24571 799 3/11/2016 42 24884 799 1/1/2017 43 old 26534 799 24/9/2017 54 3 males, female fed chicks, green N 27543 799 17/6/2018 35 4 males, old + new nests 27647 799 29/7/2018 39 male breaking nest, green nests, female fed chicks 27703 799 12/8/2018 40 3+ green nests, 2+ males, female fed chicks 27849 799 13/10/2018 46 4 of the nests inside garden, 3+ males, female fed 28318 799 14/3/2019 48 no weavers now but 2 green bests! 44N + 4 inside double N 28477 799 22/5/2019 56 50N +6N inside, green N (photo 1), green ring, most N old, heard CW 29130 799 2/11/2019 63 55+8N, green N, 2+ males, female fed chicks 29200 799 29/11/2019 62 54+8N, seem old, no CWs 29488 799 9/10/2020 47 3+ males, active, green nests 29584 799 21/11/2020 61 female fed chicks 30226 799 9/10/2021 63 48+15 nests, 5+ males, 3 double nests;
male mate female on twig near nests c10h15, female into lower of double nest, male hang from nest for quite a while with female inside 30803 799 17/6/2022 64 3+ males, sev green nests, few double nests 
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