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Village Weaver (Ploceus cucullata)

Mauritius 2013 - another common introduction found all over the island. The isolated colony that we found had just been decimated my high winds! I counted over 30 nests on the ground and scattered along the road. But they seem well able to cope with such disasters.

 

A selection of images are below in comments (scroll back to first comment) or in the set here www.flickr.com/photos/85387952@N00/sets/72157635373431581/

 

All my other sets of species can be found in an organised form here - www.flickr.com/photos/85387952@N00/collections/

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Uploaded on September 4, 2013
Taken on July 14, 2013