PHOWN summaries and recordsVirtual Museum View records in Virtual Museum formatCoverage map for all species Species totals, Nest stats per species and Observer totals Species summary , or General query Observer records, or View VM record Photo of the week, or PHOWN repeats, or PHOWN priorities |
PHOWN record summary
|
Enter new vm record to see a different record and hit 'Go'.
|
Species allocated by Coordinator: Record details entered by participant: (see all records here for this participant) Google map for this record (zoom in and switch to satellite view)
Photos uploaded by observer
Large photos
779, Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver Bubalornis niger (see species summary here)Record status ACCEPTED Vm 7580 [on-line data upload (2013-12-02): 57644] Species Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Observer(s) Zaloumis, Alex Country, town, locus South Africa, Limpopo, Hoedspruit,
2430BCLocality Garage, R36 & R527 intersection Latitude, longitude -24.387416666667, 30.670777777778 [0 m accuracy] Date 2013/11/28 Notes VM 7530 revisited. RBBW nest on extreme right of this tree.
1. 2 species identified in tree. LMW & RBBW. RBBW birds not seen or photographed but nest is large - hidden in dense foilage, mid canopy.
2. many hawkers and commuters in busy garage forecourt below.
3. North facing RBBW nest slightly apart from the l Large LMW east & south facing nest concentrations. Nest count 1 Nest site tree
To see this map with all other PHOWN records, click here. Note that the map on this page will load very slowly and probably will only work if you use Chrome as a browser.
History of repeat colony counts
Note: repeats from the same day are not shown.vm Species code Date Nests Notes 7530 792 25/11/2013 0 Aware of this location for some time but suddenly become a significantly large colony. Familiar situation of many black commuters, fast food rubbish, pavement hawkers, water from Olifants river nearby - and safety from natural predators provided by human proximity. No nest count - to be done later. 7576 792 28/11/2013 241 Revisited VM 7530. There are 2 locations for this colony.
1. Had not seen this specific location before (Vm 7530). Returned 3 days later to do detail count. 3 counts yielded an average of 241 LMW nests with a 22 nest variation between counts. Very dense hookthorn tree with most nests facing east - over the forecourt, facing towards the intersection! Reason not seen before is because its a very dangerous intersection.
2. Solitary Red-billed Buffalo weaver hidden in dense foilage.
3. diederick cuckoos calling from neighbouring tree.
4. Tried to count males. less than 60 in attendance at time of visit - 16h00
5. 14 double and 3 tripple nests observed.
6. Counted nests, did not attempt to discriminate between old or new, used or unused, occupied or unoccupied.
7. noted that LMW also closes entrance when female is brooding.ie some have a wider opening, some are definitely reduced to very narrow tunnels.
nest 241 average 13901 779 12/10/2014 1 Total garage ablution & parking area, R36 & R527 intersection
Comment: active colony.
Buffalo weavers active in tree & on the ground.
1st Rains night before
Nests: 1
revisited vm 7580 
Vm 7530
Vm 7576
Vm 13901