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Unknown spotting

Description:

This is the nest of a black and yellow bird.




No species ID suggestions

12 Comments

Megan Gilbert
Megan Gilbert a week ago

masked weaver maybe we have them by the tons here

Karo67
Karo67 a year ago

Yes, the bird looks like the Vitelline masked weaver. Yellow with a black head.

KatCuff
KatCuff a year ago

How cool is that?!!!

Ietermagog
Ietermagog a year ago

I think the sturdy nest of a masked weaver!

Ismael Chaves
Ismael Chaves a year ago

Wow!

ulvalactuca77
ulvalactuca77 a year ago

Amazing!

Maria dB
Maria dB a year ago

I love weaver birds and this is a particularly beautiful weaver bird nest!

Ava T-B
Ava T-B a year ago

Does the bird look like this? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitelline_M...
And please do put this spotting in the Animal Architecture mission as S Frazier suggests http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8082...

Hemma
Hemma a year ago

awesome!

KarenL
KarenL a year ago

Wonderful!
Welcome to Project Noah Karo!

IanHanks
IanHanks a year ago

Some kind of weaver bird

S Frazier
S Frazier a year ago

Fabulous! Great spotting for this mission: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8082...

Plateau-Central, Burkina Faso

Lat: 12.54, Long: -1.28

Spotted on Jul 23, 2011
Submitted on Jan 23, 2012

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