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799, Cape Weaver Ploceus capensis (see species summary here)Record status ACCEPTED Vm 6845 [on-line data upload (2013-08-06): 48021] Species Cape Weaver Observer(s) Werner Leah Country, town, locus South Africa, Western Cape, Cape Town,
3318CDLocality Pinelands 1 - Links Latitude, longitude -33.944777, 18.499553 [0 m accuracy] Date 2013/8/2 Notes 6 green nests and 3 males; only saw males for a short amount of time because of nearby maintenance workers Nest count 18 Nest site tree
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History of repeat colony counts
Note: repeats from the same day are not shown.vm Species code Date Nests Notes 6889 799 20/8/2005 10 Nests appear to be old; no males seen 19113 799 10/9/2005 10 10 N, gum tree, seem some new N, no CW seen 6890 799 9/10/2005 9 1 male 6892 799 2/9/2006 9 At least 1 female at nests; chicks heard 6891 799 2/10/2007 25 At least 2 males; at least 1 female at nest; female fed chicks 6893 799 6/10/2008 37 5 males and 7 green nests; female fed chicks; nests: 25 gum + 4 tree + 1 palm; pine on Links Rd side; Hadeda in nest; at least 1 female in nests 2631 799 4/8/2012 13 colony was in tree on opposite side of road in previous years 2826 799 4/9/2012 12 at least 1 male; green nest 3240 799 9/10/2012 17 no weavers seen but green nest present; fig tree 3748 799 6/11/2012 20 green nest; Hadeda nest seems empty but broken Hadeda egg on ground 4278 799 9/12/2012 19 no weavers seen 5905 799 18/6/2013 16 3 green nests and hadeda on nest, 3 males seen 5928 799 21/6/2013 14 3 males, but only 2 males were seen; 2 green nests; hadeda on nest. 5929 799 26/6/2013 17 3 males, but only saw 1; 4 green nests 5971 799 1/7/2013 17 4 males, possibly 5 (4 were seen); 6 green nests 5972 799 3/7/2013 17 4 males, possibly 5 (although only 4 were seen); 6 green nests; female visited colony briefly 6199 799 5/7/2013 15 6 green nests; 4 males, but only saw 2 6200 799 7/7/2013 14 5 green nests and 1 ring; 4 males and saw all of them; cracked egg on ground with amniotic liquid spilled out, looks like it must have fallen recently; saw female in nest 6286 799 12/7/2013 18 4 males, although none were seen despite good weather because of nearby maintenance workers; 6 green nests 6738 799 30/7/2013 18 7 green nest (nests in use) and possibly 4 male residents; Several females seen nearby nests; a lot of chasing activity 6845 799 2/8/2013 18 6 green nests and 3 males; only saw males for a short amount of time because of nearby maintenance workers 11290 799 17/5/2014 13 old nests, old Hadeda nest close to weaver nests 17787 799 27/9/2015 2 no weavers in brief visit, no Hadeda nest 19001 799 13/3/2016 4 Cape Weaver sleeping in nest (head tucked in under wing), in winter:
N1: 1 cw, m?, brN, hd tuck 19082 799 10/4/2016 4 male weaver roosting in nest 19267 799 8/5/2016 3 N1: 1 cw m, NBN], hd tuck; one tatty nest
vith 17876 20162 799 5/6/2016 3 night check - N1: 1cw m, brN, hd tuck; 1 tatty nest 21985 799 26/6/2016 3 night check - N1: 1cw m, NBN, hd tuck
23398 799 31/7/2016 2 plus 2 incomplete nests, no weavers 24567 799 3/11/2016 1 27697 799 12/8/2018 0 no nests 
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