It’s amazing to watch Baya weaver bird weaver build a nest, it’s an art that makes many people admire
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Fig 1 :Baya Weaver – male and femalePloceus philippinusLocation : Neo Tiew, SingaporeHabitat : Secondary forest edɡeNotes : This male has successfully attracted a female to view its incomplete nest.
Figs 2 and 3 :Baya Weaver – malePloceus philippinusLocation : Neo Tiew, SingaporeHabitat : Secondary forest edɡeNotes : Building a new nest with strips of fresh, pliable green grass.
Fig 4 :Baya Weaver – malePloceus philippinusLocation : Neo Tiew, SingaporeHabitat : Secondary forest edɡeNotes : This nest has been completed with the addition of the entrance tunnel; the green grass is now dried and stiffened.
Fig 5 :Baya Weaver – colonyPloceus philippinusLocation : Neo Tiew, SingaporeHabitat : Secondary forest edɡeNotes : Part of a colony of more than 10 nests in various stages of completion. Strips of grass for nest construction are taken from the long lalang grass in the foreground.
Fig 6 :Baya Weaver – femalePloceus philippinusLocation : Neo Tiew, SingaporeHabitat : GrasslandNotes : Feeding on grass seeds in the morning sun.
Fig 7 :Asian Golden Weaver – malePloceus hypoxanthusLocation : Kaeng Krachan district, Phetchaburi, ThailandHabitat : GrasslandNote : Photo by Charles Currin
Fig 8 :Asian Golden Weaver – femalePloceus hypoxanthusLocation : Kaeng Krachan district, Phetchaburi, ThailandHabitat : GrasslandNote : The nest of this ѕрeсіeѕ is rudimentary when compared with that of the Baya Weaver. Photo by Charles Currin
Fig 9 :Streaked Weaver – male (breeding)Ploceus manyarLocation : Laem Pak Ьіа, Phetchaburi, ThailandHabitat : GrasslandNote : Photo by Charles Currin, April 2022
Fig 10 :Streaked Weaver – male (non-breeding)Ploceus manyarLocation : Laem Pak Ьіа, Phetchaburi, ThailandHabitat : GrasslandNote : Photo by Charles Currin
Fig 7 : Asian Golden Weaver – male
Fig 8 : Asian Golden Weaver – female
© Charles Currin
Fig 9 : Streaked Weaver – male
© Charles Currin
