The Baya Weaver (Ploceus philippinus) The male Baya Weaver works tirelessly to build not one, but at least two to four nests during the breeding season, as they are known to have a harem of at least two to four breeding females. The pendulous nests are retort-shaped, with a central nesting chamber and a long vertical tube that leads to a side entrance to the chamber. The nests are woven with long strips of paddy leaves, rough grasses and long strips torn from palm fronds. A male bird is known to make up to 500 trips to complete a single nest. The Females will check the nests during the ‘construction process’ and will actually pull it apart if it is not up to their ‘standard’. The poor male has to start all over again :(
Posted on: Sat, 27 Jul 2013 09:05:51 +0000
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