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Baya Weaver Male

Ploceus philippinus

Photo by Wild Things
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Description:

Very active birds. Many were busy in nest building (as seen in the second pic). Some nests around were half complete which means that maybe the female had rejected them.

Habitat:

Seen at a farm.

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Baya weaver

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Comments (23)
Maria dB
Congratulations, Satyen - beautiful spotting!
Wild Things
Thanks Leuba! He does look like a flower :)
Leuba Ridgway
Satyen, that's just wonderful. Resting on some sort of acacia, he looks like a mimosa flower head. Congratulations on the SOTD - well deserved !!
Wild Things
Thanks James, Sunny, Venus, Marta, Ashley and Antonio for your kind words :)
AntónioGinjaGinja
Wow Satyen,awesome capture,congrats on the very well deserved SOTD and thanks for sharing
AshleyT
Great photo, congrats Satyen!
The MnMs
A well deserved SOTD Satyen :-)
sunnyjosef
Beautiful spotting Wild Things... and congrats...
KarenL
Congrats Satyen, this clever little bird has earned you Spotting of the Day! The Baya weaver is one of the finest architects of the animal kingdom, constructing amazing gourd shaped nests with a long entrance tube to prevent snakes from entering. This male weaver dons his bright yellow plumage for the breeding season - the rest of the year he is an inconspicuous brown color. Facebook: https://upload.facebook.com/projectnoah/photos/a.10150595289465603.674700.10150120463815603/10154480056700603/?type=1
HemaShah
This brings back childhood memories! We had so many Nagpur and I had a collection of these nests. A very lovely portrait of this bird.Thank you for sharing!

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PublishedAugust 14, 2014

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