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The Sociable weaver, philetairus socius (Latham) nesting on telephone poles / P. A. Clancey

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: The Ostrich. p.34 ; Vol.XXI No.IPublication details: Pretoria : Caxton, 1950Description: 1 pages; 22 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • PER 76 The Ostrich
Summary: The Social Weavers species used to build their communal nests only in certain trees. A modernization process has taken effect in that they now (1949) in South West Africa and the Northern Cape Province make extensive use of telephone poles as nesting sites. In another observation near Windhoek in acaciathorn veld the Glosy Starling, Lamprocolius nitens bispecularis uses telephone poles extensively as nesting sites
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The Social Weavers species used to build their communal nests only in certain trees. A modernization process has taken effect in that they now (1949) in South West Africa and the Northern Cape Province make extensive use of telephone poles as nesting sites. In another observation near Windhoek in acaciathorn veld the Glosy Starling, Lamprocolius nitens bispecularis uses telephone poles extensively as nesting sites

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