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Taken at a local nature reserve
Masked Weaver in the garden.
Karoo desert
Female
Marievale Bird Sanctuary Provincial Nature Reserve
Spotted in Namibia, near Solitaire
Also known as African Masked Weaver.
Masked weaver building a nest in a palm next to my driveway.
Stealing building material from the nest next door, all morning
Male. Also known as African Masked Weaver.
Female
male Also known as African masked Weaver
male
Female Southern Masked Weaver
Harvesting the berries of the bluebush (Diopsyros lycioides) outside my study.
A Yellow male, with his black mask extending well down onto his front. In the ...
Also known as African Masked Weaver, or in Afrikaans Swartkeelgeelvink.
Two female weavers waiting for the food set out for them each morning.
In a month it is spring and the males are starting to get their breeding ...
Also known as African Masked Weaver, seen at the nest in the last 3 pictures
Also known as African Masked Weaver
Quite a cheeky little chappie. I think he wanted some food ;)
This weaver is very widespread and found in a wide range of habitats, including ...
I'm not sure about the species - possibly Southern masked weavers??
•They make nests in colonies. •The nests are made of reed, palm ore grass. •The ...
Black face mask slightly above and below the eye; crown washed chestnut; red ...
A male Southern Masked Weaver building a nest.
The adult male in breeding plumage has a black face, throat and beak, red eye, ...