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

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Record status	ACCEPTED
Vm	6235 [on-line data upload (2013-07-15): 45592]
Species	Southern Masked Weaver
Observer(s)	Zaloumis, Alex
Country, town, locus	South Africa, Gauteng, Randburg, 2628AA
Locality	1 Jan Smuts, River View
Latitude, longitude	-26.111461111111, 28.019980555556 [0 m accuracy]
Date	2013/7/1
Notes	Mostly new nests, in gardens of River View flats alongside Braamfontein spruit. Colony not noticed during earlier visits probably due to dense garden trees. Many birds in area, some attending nests. About 20m away from Vm 6164 and 40m from Vm 6161. Is a definitely separate cluster of nests. My observation is that the SMW in central Jhb. is breeding early. Very few if any old nests survived. These are all new/green I presume dense tree cover, evergreen palm fronds, readily available water and (dog) food allows these birds to extend their breeding season in gardens.
Nest count	25
Nest site	tree

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vm	Species code	Date	Nests	Notes
6235	803	1/7/2013	25	Mostly new nests, in gardens of River View flats alongside Braamfontein spruit. Colony not noticed during earlier visits probably due to dense garden trees. Many birds in area, some attending nests. About 20m away from Vm 6164 and 40m from Vm 6161. Is a definitely separate cluster of nests. My observation is that the SMW in central Jhb. is breeding early. Very few if any old nests survived. These are all new/green I presume dense tree cover, evergreen palm fronds, readily available water and (dog) food allows these birds to extend their breeding season in gardens.

Vm 6235

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