Mariental,Southern Kalahari, Namibia, SW Africa
Social Weaver Bird Nest, built over many years, housing some 300-400 pairs. These birds build untidy domed nests with side entrances. Most specialized of the sparrow weavers is the social weaver of Africa, famous for its apartment-house nest, in which 100 to 300 pairs have separate flask-shaped chambers entered by tubes at the bottom. They build these structures, which may be 10 ft (3 m) high and 15 ft ( m) across, high in a sturdy tree, beginning with a roof of straw thatch. Of the 100 or more African and Asian typical weavers, the small quelea, only 5 in. ( cm) long, sometimes causes huge crop losses in Africa by feeding on grain in flocks numbering as many as one million birds.
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Location: Mariental, Anib Lodge, Southern Kalahari, Namibia, SW Africa
Photo credit: © Paul Street / Alamy / Afripics
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