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797, Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus (see species summary here)Record status ACCEPTED Vm 8426 [on-line data upload (2014-01-16): 64619] Species Village Weaver Observer(s) Zaloumis, Alex Country, town, locus South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Mkhuze,
2732CALocality Ghost Mountain Lodge Latitude, longitude -27.614147222222, 32.034538888889 [0 m accuracy] Date 2014/1/11 Notes Vm 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. Nest count 0 Nest site tree
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Note: repeats from the same day are not shown.vm Species code Date Nests Notes 7083 792 7/9/2013 0 colony 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.
8425 792 11/1/2014 0 Vm 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. 
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