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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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    • photo of elka51
    • THANKS for your detailed information, Suresh! Reading about this wonder of nature - this incredible hotel in the tree - just leaves me speechless.

    • said elka51

    • 2011.01.15 at 01:43:42 PST
    • photo of windflowers43
    • The ultimate condominium. Wow, I am so impressed that one kind of bird would be this sociable to include so many others. Thank you for educating us on this amazing bird.

    • said windflowers43

    • 2007.08.26 at 07:32:09 PDT
    • photo of 854847
    • Wow! This is an amazing little bird - and a wonderfully sculptured tree, magnificent captured and described. It looks amazing against the blue sky with those wonderful far away mountains. Once again I have to say: it is such a pity the Webshot slideshow does not include the captions but only the titles of the pictures. But I am getting used to look at your albums by the Desktop utility which still includes the captions. Thanks for all your wonderful descriptions. They make your albums to jewels - in the sand . . . .

    • said 854847

    • 2007.06.28 at 18:25:36 PDT
    • photo of mabelscritterart
    • this is a great tree and a fantastic nest ... wonderful information on their apartment building ~ yes, very sociable indeed.

    • said mabelscritterart

    • 2007.06.06 at 20:03:35 PDT
    • photo of abegweit
    • I've seen weavers' nests in Kenya and marveled at them. But this is amazing! Thanks for the photos and the lesson in nature.

    • said abegweit

    • 2007.05.14 at 07:03:41 PDT
    • photo of foxyfloridalady
    • I see why they call them sociable... like a condo for birds. love the shot against the blue sky..

    • said foxyfloridalady

    • 2007.05.10 at 20:02:23 PDT
    • photo of _yoko12
    • Ohhh this is so wonderful, one big great building made by birds, its amazing!

    • said _yoko12

    • 2007.05.10 at 09:27:15 PDT
    • photo of lovejoy
    • So interesting! Thanks for sharing.

    • said lovejoy

    • 2007.05.10 at 06:42:11 PDT
    • photo of dannywhitedog
    • Very interesting!

    • said dannywhitedog

    • 2007.05.10 at 06:41:07 PDT
    • photo of jillbatchelor2
    • Wow this is fantastic I have never heard of this bird

    • said jillbatchelor2

    • 2007.05.09 at 08:37:36 PDT
    • photo of ambra2005
    • Really incredible and very interesting!!A true miracle of the nature!!Stunning shot!!:-)

    • said ambra2005

    • 2007.04.24 at 19:19:23 PDT
    • photo of hamiltrudy1
    • It is hard to believe what these birds construct!!!!

    • said hamiltrudy1

    • 2007.04.24 at 14:17:15 PDT
    • photo of ladybug591
    • This photo and the next one, brought me back to look again. Thank you for your teaching us about the Sociable Weavers!

    • said ladybug591

    • 2007.04.24 at 01:02:54 PDT
    • photo of oomt
    • This nest is almost a miracle..

    • said oomt

    • 2007.04.23 at 13:59:50 PDT
    • photo of pfjc
    • Fantastic image and comment, thank You Suresh!

    • said pfjc

    • 2007.04.23 at 02:53:34 PDT

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