Bird colony
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A bird colony is a large congregation of one or more species of bird that nest or roost in proximity at a particular location. Many kinds of birds are known to congregate in groups of varying size; a
The Bird Island Nature Reserve in Lambert's Bay, Western Cape, South Africa.
Common murre colony (Farallon Islands).
Eggs collected from a nesting bird colony on Laysan island. Early 1900s.
Nesting Australasian gannets at the Muriwai colony in New Zealand
Sociable weaver
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The sociable weaver is a species of bird in the weaver family, endemic to Southern Africa. It is the only species in its genus Philetairus. It is found in South Africa, Namibia, and Botswana, but its
Bird colony
…dependence on social nesting would term the bird a colonial nester. A more extreme example of colonial nesting is found in the weaverbird family. The sociable weaver of southern Africa constructs massive, multi-family dwellings of twigs and dry grasses, with many entrances leading to different nesting chambers…
Sociable weaver
An adult and juvenile in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
The nesting colonies of the sociable weaver are amongst the largest bird-created structures.
Camel thorn with Sociable weavers' nests.