The Sociable Weaver's Nest... Photo

Photographer’s Note

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...)

after travel.webshots.com
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!

jaywalker, Dpbours, emka, japiey, jjcordier, mikeo, Henryk_Bilor, ktanska, arturski, CRATEOS has marked this note useful

Critiques | Translate

guillaumejm (9036) 2007-12-14 14:02

Hello andrzej
Very interresting and surprising nature don't you think?. Nice colours and position of sun is good here coming from side it gives more reflief.
Best regards
JMarc

Fis2 (45575) 2007-12-14 14:09

Witaj Andrzejku!
Fajna ciekawostka. Ciekawe miejsce dobrze pokazane. ¦wietne ¶wiat³o i kolory. Podoba mi sie kadr i kompozycja zdjêcia. Dobra praca.
Pozdrawiam
Krzysztof

jaywalker (12190) 2007-12-14 14:18

Hi Andrzej, A great photo of this amazing nest, the people & the tree gives great scale to the photo, it's a brilliantly constructed piece of work, a lovely photo with excellent light & strong colours, kind regards Wilson.

Dpbours (218) 2007-12-14 14:26

Hi Andrzej,

The first thing I was thinking about are insects, but fortunately only birds here :-). Nice note and a good composition. Maybe a bit tight on the edges, but I can handle it ;-).

Greetings! Dennis

wautersw (3603) 2007-12-14 14:36

Hi Andrzej,

Fine shot of this impressive nest, excellent colors and definition. Only point of critique: I would have liked it better without the people in the picture. TFS

Wolf

emka (21179) 2007-12-14 16:30

cześć,

fantastycznie wygląda to gniazdo. w ogóle wspaniałe zdjęcie. Czy jakieś inne ptaki też robią takie gniazdowiska?

Pozdro

Małgorzata

Benedict (7062) 2007-12-14 22:23

at first glance i thought these nests are some kind of exotic animals...i was thinking of lemurs. after reading your notes, i told myself..oh what a surprising work of nature ! great colors and sharpness. very well done, andre!
benedict

OLF (3886) 2007-12-15 0:43

Hi Andrzej,
A good pov choosen to present that tree with that nest. A good sharpness to appreciate details, fabulous colors of the desert.
Very well done.
Regards,
Olivier

Gustaw (21670) 2007-12-15 1:30

Witam!
Kolejny ciekawy obrazek z Afryki. Mi³o jest z Tob± podró¿owaæ po afrykañskich szlakach! Piêkne afrykañskie kolorki. Zdjêcie ciekawe poznawczo.
Marek

jasmis (50094) 2007-12-15 3:11

Wypas. Zastanawiałem się przed przeczytaniem opisu co to! Super znalezisko. Takie zdjęcia to kwintesencja TE!
Pozdrawiam serdecznie.

mikeo (12113) 2007-12-15 3:21

Czesc Andrzej,

My tu zyjemy przy -3 stopniach, szron, prawie snieg, zima jednym slowem - a Ty z takimi klimatami uderzasz!:) Bardzo fajny pomysl, extra kadrowanie i super notka... Ciekawe rzeczy piszesz, nie slyszalem nigdy o takich gniazdach...

pozdro,

michal

japiey (9491) 2007-12-15 3:36

Hi Andrzej,

Beautifull shot.
The concept is well worked.
It is a good study, and details are fine.
The tree has a magical appearence...

Thank you dear friend.
Namasthe:)

jean paul

wolf38 (12642) 2007-12-15 5:14

Hello Andrzej. A wonderful photo. Outstanding composes. Good colors and technical quality. A picture worth seeing with an exemplary text. Very beautifully. Best regards, Wolfgang.

Ber (7576) 2007-12-15 8:16

Ale potwor, myslalam ze to jakis zywy stwor przewieszony glowa.. - wyglada imponujaco. Swietna ciekawostka i piekny egzotyczny widok.
Pozdrawiam

jjcordier (24436) 2007-12-15 12:22

Les animaux nous réservent toujours des surprises. Je n'aurais jamais pensé à un nid en voyant l'mage. Impressionnant.
TFS
JJ

toni_al (15430) 2007-12-16 2:34

Salut Andrzej
L’Afrique est un continent que je n'ai pas la chance de tempête, mais on peut faire des très belles images.
J'aime ton cadrage qui donne beaucoup d'information sur le sujet
@+
Toni

Henryk_Bilor (20365) 2007-12-17 13:31

Hej
Ekstra drzewko. Piêkne zdjêcie, soczyste mimo sucho¶ci w okolicy ;). Kiedy¶ w tv widzia³em jak siê takie spali³o, zap³on od kropelki deszczu i mam nadziejê, ¿e tego nie zrobili specjalne dla filmu...
Pozdrawiam

ktanska (16502) 2007-12-18 5:30

Hi Andrzej,
Your African photo story keeps on growing...
These nests are really impressive. I remember them from my own visit to Southern Africa. But never saw this big. Impressive scene on hot half desert sun.
Kari

arturski (4444) 2008-03-22 16:23

Interesujace gniazdko , swietnie zaprezrntowane .
Pozdrawiam

CRATEOS (7274) 2008-03-24 8:24

thank you for the journey my friend....is very hot!! but with a little cold beer everything is perfect,,!!!!

many rgrds..!!!

Nikiforos