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The monstrous sociable weaver's nest...
Niesamowite, monstrualne gniazo (a raczej cala kolonia gniazdowa) niewielkiego ptaszka z rodziny wiklaczy, ktory po polsku nazywa sie tkacz, a z wygladu jest podobny troche do naszego wrobla. W takiej kolonii moze gniezdzic sie nawet 100 par tych ptakow; widzialem drzewa, ktore lamaly sie na pol pod ciezarem takich gniazd (bo na pustyni o drzewa nielatwo wiec prawie kazde jest wykorzystywane na gniazda...)

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The sociable weaver is a very common little brown bird in the desert region of southern Africa. Sociable weavers are unlike most other birds due to their lifestyle and nest building: they weave one nest for their entire colony as well as for future residents. This is no ordinary nest; it is massive, like a giant apartment block occupied by up to 100 sociable weaver families all year long. From a distance, the sociable weaver nest may resemble a haystack hanging in a tree. But if you crawl under the nest and look up you will see the entrances to the different chambers within the nest. There may be 5 to 100 nesting chambers in a single sociable weaver nest, providing a home for 10 to 400 birds!

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Additional Photos by Andrzej Urbaniec (Deepforest) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 442 W: 57 N: 935] (8813)
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