Weaver bird

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Weaver bird, weaverbird

***** Location: Kenya
***** Season: Topic
***** Category: Animal

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Explanation

The Ploceidae, or Weavers, are small passerine birds related to the finches.

These are seed-eating birds with rounded conical bills, most of which breed in sub-Saharan Africa, with fewer species in tropical Asia and also in Australia. The weaver group is divided into the buffalo, sparrow, typical, and widow weavers. The males of many species are brightly coloured, usually in red or yellow and black, some species show variation in colour only in the breeding season.

Weaver birds, also known as weaver finches, get their name because of their elaborately woven nests (the most elaborate of any birds'), though some are notable for their selective parasitic nesting habits. The nests vary in size, shape, material used, and construction techniques from species to species. Materials used for building nests include fine leaf-fibers, grass, and twigs. Many species weave very fine nests using thin strands of leaf fiber, though some, like the buffalo-weavers, form massive untidy stick nests in their colonies, which may have spherical woven nests within.
The sparrow weavers of Africa build apartment-house nests, in which 100 to 300 pairs have separate flask-shaped chambers entered by tubes at the bottom. Most species weave nests that have narrow entrances, facing downward.

The weavers are gregarious birds which often breed colonially. The birds build their nests together for protection, often several to a branch. Usually the male birds weave the nests and use them as a form of display to lure prospective females. The weaver bird colonies may be found close to water bodies.
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ngosos (a species of weaverbirds found in Eastern)

Reference : Weaver bird, Kenya
Weaaverbird, weaver birds


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Photo © Isabelle Prondzynski

. Thorn Tree .

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HAIKU


July wind --
weaver birds swing back and forth
on a millet stalk

Raymond Otieno



the weaverbird
returns to its nest --
nightfall

Christopher Kavita



morning sunshine --
a weaver-bird sings
in a virgin land

Barrack Elungata



drrizzly afternoon --
a weaver bird seeks shelter
in the hedge

Jacintah Wanza



chilly evening --
weaver birds singing
melodious songs

Kyalo Onesmus



into its nest
a weaver bird slips to hide --
short rainfall

Kelvin Mukoselo



noisy weaverbirds
build their nests on acacia trees --
men bend on farm

Prerna Dharap



weaver bird`s song--
a dog sheltering under
a bamboo tree

Dorothy Minayo



whispering leaves--
two weaver birds mating
on the acacia tree

green grass--
weaver birds struggling
to build a nest

Peter Kilunda


hot afternoon--
a weaver bird struggling
to catch its prey

Stephen Macharia



weaver bird --
how it pecks at this cabbage leaf
stuck in the mud!

Alex Mwanabisi


Kenya Saijiki Forum


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april rain...
the weaver builds a new nest
in the acacia tree

Photo and Haiku: Patrick Wafula



the weavers
repairing their old nests...
long rains

~Tevez

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dawn chorus--
the rhythmic whistles
of a weaver bird

Kevin Asava
Shiki Monthly Kukai December 2010


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sunset -- .
a baby weaver bird peeps
in an incomplete nest

Steven Macharia
April 2011


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silent chapel --
chirping weaver birds
break the silence

Milkah Wanjiku (Bamboocha, F3)

First prize at
. Carlile Kukai, 11 June 2011 .


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***** Bird Saijiki


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