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Ploceus cucullatus
Male builds kidney shaped nest to attract the females (pic #2). The 3rd pic is blurry but shows a weaver with his very first bit of grass to start a nest. He struggled in this spot so soon flew off to a better spot! #4/5/6 show some progression in the nest building and the amazing knot tying they use. They nest in large colonies of dozens of individuals. When a female comes along they test the nest by trying to pull it apart. If it falls apart the male looses the female and has to rebuild his nest from scratch.
Variety of wooded habitats.
I have a video of them building a nest that I will try and add later.
Spotted on Jan 13, 2012
Submitted on Jan 28, 2012
3 Comments
Thanks, I've added them to the mission.
This is a wonderful series of the weaver building the nest from scratch! Please do add it to the Animal Architecture mission at http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8082...
You could also add this to the mission on nests, bowers, etc.