Cape Male Weaver. by kgb224

Photography • Animals • posted on Sep 06, 2011

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Captured on camera yesterday during 9 to 10 in the morning at Jan Cilliers Park. The Cape Male Weavers is also hard at work building nests. This fellow was hanging on to this branch a while just before aiming for one of its 3 nests.Blessed day and week. God Bless. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Weaver The Cape Weaver (Ploceus capensis) is a resident breeding bird species endemic to South Africa. This common species occurs in grassland, agricultural and fynbos habitats, often near rivers. In breeds in noisy colonies in trees (often willows or Eucalyptus, rarely palms) and reedbeds. This weaver builds a large coarsely woven nest made of grass and leaf strips with a downward facing entrance which is suspended from a branch or reed. The Hadada Ibis will sometimes nest in the weaver colonies. The Cape Weaver feeds on a wide variety of seeds, grain and insects. The calls of this bird include a harsh azwit, azwit.

Comments (18)

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dakotabluemoon

7:31AM | Tue, 06 September 2011

Wow what a beautiful bird this is wish we had them here where i live fantastic catch.

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mickeyrony

7:33AM | Tue, 06 September 2011

. Always a charming look at your work my friend. Thank you very much for taking the time to observe and give us your tastes. ((5 + +)) .Toujours un charme contempler ton travail mon ami . Merci beaucoup de prendre le temps d'observer et de nous redonner tes saveurs . ((5++))

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