Lovebirds and weavers
Lovebirds, like other parrots, nest in cavities, usually these are holes in trees but may also be under roof eaves or other sites. Lovebirds occasionally take o...
News about Weaver research
Lovebirds, like other parrots, nest in cavities, usually these are holes in trees but may also be under roof eaves or other sites. Lovebirds occasionally take o...
The Chestnut Weaver occurs in northern Namibia to southern Angola and NW Botswana, and also in East Africa. The first record for the species in South Africa was...
Why weavers may build two or more nests below each other Nest building and acceptance by females Many weavers are polygynous, meaning that the male wants...
Many weavers are found in wetlands and sedges are important elements of many wetlands. Sedges (family Cyperaceae) are graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous f...
Close up photos of weaver nests are needed for a project looking at the design of weaver nests. For this project, it helps to be certain of the species of weave...
On 18 October 2014 I ringed a juvenile Cape Weaver at the wetland at Diep River (Elfindale) in Cape Town, caught with 44 other birds that morning. A year...
PHOWN, PHOtos of Weaver Nests, is a Virtual Museum, citizen science project at the University of Cape Town, to collect and monitor breeding distributions and co...
Weavers usually nest on trees, in reeds or grass. Increasingly, some weaver species are also nesting on man-made structures. Some of the main structures ...
Weaver nests are often very conspicuous, as males (in polygynous species) try to attract more females. This means that the nests are also more visible to predat...
Many birds bathe to help clean their feathers, but some species do not seem to bathe. Species that often bathe include thrushes, bulbuls, babblers, finch...