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

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Record statusACCEPTED
Vm8426 [on-line data upload (2014-01-16): 64619]
SpeciesVillage Weaver
Observer(s)Zaloumis, Alex
Country, town, locusSouth Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Mkhuze,
2732CA
LocalityGhost Mountain Lodge
Latitude, longitude-27.614147222222, 32.034538888889 [0 m accuracy]
Date2014/1/11
NotesVm 7084 revisited. this is a chaotic colony. 1. food. Continuous small flocks flying off to feed on figs in nearby trees and on the ground. 2. New nests still being built by both weaver species. 3. VW nests seem to be in upper canopy. LMW lower, often massed below. 4. Cuckoos. Both Diederiks & emerald all over these trees inside the colonies, calling and fleeing. Weavers seem to be attacking singly not en-mass - probably too many cuckoos to do mass attacks. 5. inspected vast reedbeds nearby. No weavers but many Red Bishop nests. not recorded.
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vmSpecies codeDateNestsNotes
70837927/9/20130colony in 2 large fever trees either side of lodge entrance 20m apart. Comment: Most of the nests are Lesser masked weavers - & most of my video - but on inspection of video & pics I see village weavers recorded as well. 10 pics allows you to get some idea of location & colony. I have much video. About 50-60 very active mostly male birds in LH tree alone. Big colony. but cannot specify mix. nests: counted 152 av on LHS & 196 on RHS, = about 340 in total old & new.
842579211/1/20140Vm 7083 revisited. this is a chaotic colony. 1. food. Continuous small flocks flying off to feed on figs in nearby trees and on the ground. 2. New nests still being built. 3. VW nests seem to be in upper canopy. LMW lower, often massed below. 4. Cuckoos. Both Diederiks & emerald all over these trees inside the colonies, calling and fleeing. Weavers seem to be attacking singly not en-mass - probably too many cuckoos to do mass attacks. 5. inspected vast reedbeds nearby. No weavers but many Red Bishop nests. not recorded.

Vm 7083

Vm 8425

Best: Lesser Masked Weaver - male display at nest

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