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on the banks of the Lagoon channel in Botswana.
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Village weaver
Grote Textorwever
Ploceus cucullatus
It takes the male bird about 19 hours to complete the hanging nest. If the female is not satisfied with the results, he takes the nest apart and starts all over. What a life , she has to be obeyed.
The bird comes from Africa.
Village Weaver - Queen Elizabeth National Park, Western, Uganda
Bird Species # (510) that I photographed and placed on my Flickr Photostream. Overall goal is 1000.
On this trip to Uganda we used Ngoni Safaris Uganda. They provided excellent service. I highly recommend them.
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This is the Weaver Hills in Derbyshire / Staffordshire. It's a beautiful place which is little visited. I like the curving wall on this photo and the solitary tree. One from the archives.
Textorweber sind lebhafte und lautstarke Koloniebrüter, die ihre nierenförmigen Hängenester aus Gras dicht beieinander bauen.
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 in a tree.
Kruger National Park.
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Male Taveta weaver (Ploceus castaneiceps), also known as the Taveta golden weaver, is a species of bird found in the Savanna of Kenya and Tanzania. The males build extravagant nests and the females select mates based on the quality of nest construction. Seen in the Africa Rocks Aviary, San Diego Zoo. Conservation status: Least Concern
Weaver ants moving a dead millipede.
Wikipedia: Weaver ants or green ants (genus Oecophylla) are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae (order Hymenoptera). Weaver ants live in trees (they are obligately arboreal) and are known for their unique nest building behavior where workers construct nests by weaving together leaves using larval silk. Colonies can be extremely large consisting of more than a hundred nests spanning numerous trees and containing more than half a million workers. Like many other ant species, weaver ants prey on small insects and supplement their diet with carbohydrate-rich honeydew excreted by small insects (Hemiptera). Weaver ant workers exhibit a clear bimodal size distribution, with almost no overlap between the size of the minor and major workers. The major workers are approximately 8–10 mm (0.31–0.39 in) in length and the minors approximately half the length of the majors. Major workers forage, defend, maintain, and expand the colony whereas minor workers tend to stay within the nests where they care for the brood and 'milk' scale insects in or close to the nests.
Weaver ants vary in color from reddish to yellowish brown dependent on the species. Oecophylla smaragdina found in Australia often have bright green gasters. Weaver ants are highly territorial and workers aggressively defend their territories against intruders. Because they prey on insects harmful to their host trees, weaver ants are sometime used by indigenous farmers, particularly in southeast Asia, as natural biocontrol agents against agricultural pests. Although weaver ants lack a functional sting they can inflict painful bites and often spray formic acid directly at the bite wound resulting in intense discomfort.
Scientific name: Ploceus cucullatus
Common name: Village weaver
Nombre: Madam sagá, Chichiguao, Tejedor común, Tejedor cogullado
Lugar de la captura: República Dominicana
male bird in breeding plumage photographed in South Africa
also called Masked Weaver or African Masked weaver
Ploceus velatus
Maskerwever
Tisserin à tête rousse
Maskenweber
Tejedor Enmascarado
Tessitore velato
tecelão-mascarado /tecelão-de-máscara
Nikon Z9 560mm f/4
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The wild and rugged Superstition Mountain Wilderness east of Phoenix, Arizona, will thrill any visitor with its landscape of legends, of sweeping desert mountains, of lost gold mines and of Apache Indian hideaways. In the middle of this wilderness a huge rock monolith rises up out of the desert, the awesome Weavers Needle.
Southern Masked Weaver.
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Resting late evening in a hillside meadow in the Parque Natural de Cebollera in Northern Spain (5032).
I believe that this is some type of Orb-weaver. Photographed at Conowingo Dam in Maryland on 10/14/20.
Arlington Row in Bibury, Cotswolds. 13th century buildings used as a monastic wool store before being converted in the 17th century into weaver's cottages. Wiltshire, England. Hasselblad X2D.
The hunting technique varies depending on the spider and its prey. Sometimes the spider waits in the center of the web, sometimes it sits at the edge of its burrow, with one or two legs attached to the silken thread. Once prey gets caught in the web and causes sufficient vibrations, the spider rushes towards it. Sometimes the spider goes straight for it, or shakes the web back and forth several times, often further entangling the prey, allowing it to be precisely located and identified. If prey doesn't move, the spider may lose interest; dead prey is generally ignored by spiders.
Small prey is immediately seized and often devoured straight away.
Slightly larger prey is grabbed and quickly spun; by rolling the prey in the web, a package is created that hangs from both ends of the web.
Even larger or more dangerous-looking prey is approached cautiously; the spider will first attempt to cover the prey with sticky threads from a distance using its hind legs. If the prey appears too dangerous, the spider will "free" it by biting through the threads.
The prey is eaten either on the spot, in the center of the web, or in the burrow, leaving a hole in the web. Orb-weavers "chew" their food, unlike most other spiders that suck their prey dry.
Some orb-weaver spiders that can be found in the Netherlands and Belgium: cross spider , wasp spider (or tiger spider), and the four-spot orb-weaver spider .
Baglafecht Weaver - Rushaga Gorilla Lodge, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Western, Uganda
Bird Species # (642) that I photographed and placed on my Flickr Photostream. Overall goal is 1000.
On this trip to Uganda we used Ngoni Safaris Uganda. They provided excellent service. I highly recommend them.
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Taveta Golden Weaver (Ploceus castaneiceps) aka Taveta weaver found on the African Savannah in Kenya and Tanzania. The male weaver build the nests and the females choose their mates based on how impressed they are with the construction.
Seen the Africa Rocks Aviary, San Diego Zoo.
Conservation status: least concern
The Taveta weaver, also known as the Taveta golden weaver, is a species of bird in the weaver family, Ploceidae. It is found on the African savannah in Kenya and Tanzania. The name of the bird comes from the unique markings/coloration of the bird, as well as how these birds weave intricate nests.
Black-headed Weaver - Papyrus swamp south of Nyeihango, Western, Uganda
Bird Species (# 609) that I photographed and placed on my Flickr Photostream. Overall goal is 1000.
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Roosting on a damp evening in a hillside meadow in the Parque Natural de Cebollera in Northern Spain (5023)
Wild South Africa
Phalaborwa
Limpopo Province
This male weaver is taking a short brake from building his mate's dream nest.
Full frame - nice enlarged
A Taveta golden weaver (Ploceus castaneiceps) in an aviary at the Reid Park Zoo in Tucson, Arizona. In nature, this species is found in the savannahs of Kenya and Tanzania.
I was always fascinated with village weavers when I was young. They make their nests in trees right by the way side amongst all the hawkers and village street activities. They never seem to care about how close they were to humans. The chattering and the other noises always made me wonder how the people went about their business and never seem to care. This juvenile was very happy to pose for me on several occasions whereas the adults were a little shy. Taken on my recent tour to Ghana.
FACTS
Village weavers (Ploceus cucullatus) are among the most skilled builders in the bird world, best known for their extraordinary woven nests. Using only their beaks and feet, they weave long strips of grass into tightly knotted, hanging structures without any mud, glue, or adhesive. Each nest is created leaf by leaf, often completed in just a few days. During breeding season, a single male may build multiple nests at the same time to increase his chances of attracting a mate.
These nests play a key role in courtship. Female village weavers carefully inspect a male’s workmanship before choosing him. If she approves, she accepts both the nest and the builder; if not, she may tear the nest apart, even while the male is still present. To show off their skills, males wear bright yellow-and-black breeding plumage and often hang upside down from their nests, calling loudly to draw attention.
Village weaver nests are cleverly designed for protection. They are usually suspended over water or placed at the tips of thorny branches and feature a downward-facing entrance tunnel that helps prevent snakes and other predators from reaching the eggs and chicks. Despite being made entirely of grass, the tightly layered weaving shields rain effectively, keeping the interior dry even during heavy tropical showers.
These birds nest in large, noisy colonies, sometimes with hundreds of nests hanging from a single tree, creating a dramatic chandelier-like appearance. The constant movement, calling, and repair work make colonies lively and loud. Most nests are used for only one breeding season and then abandoned, which helps reduce parasites.
Nest-building skill improves with experience: young males often produce loose or misshapen nests, while older males craft tighter, more symmetrical structures. In many parts of Africa, village weaver nests are admired as symbols of patience, craftsmanship, and community—and they continue to fascinate observers as some of nature’s most impressive examples of animal architecture.