Location
Grootvlei, Western Cape
South Africa
Metadata
Make Canon EOS 7D
Lens Canon EF 100-400 mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
at 304 mm
Exposure 1/800, f/5.6, ISO 400
Image size 800 x 533 pixels
IOC Names
Order Passeriformes Family Ploceidae
Deutsch Maskenweber Dutch Maskerwever
Italian Tessitore mascherato meridionale Spanish Tejedor enmascarado
Comments
A weaver ready to enter its nest. Rejected courting males may tear down their nest and start again. It is said that exhausted males succomb to the strain and that successful weavers may have a short life span.
Jensen RAC . (1989): in The Complete Book of Southern African Birds, p 660.
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| 09/08/2011 |
Southern Masked Weaver male |
Micheline JACQUEMIN
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