https://gregladen.com/blog/2007/12/06/the-white-browed-sparrow-weave/ Thu, 13 Dec 2007 13:12:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 https://gregladen.com/blog/2007/12/06/the-white-browed-sparrow-weave/#comment-1394 Thu, 13 Dec 2007 13:12:12 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2007/12/06/the-white-browed-sparrow-weave/#comment-1394 The photo brings back great memories from earlier this year ? I saw these in Malawi and Zambia last May. Cheers Greg.

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2007/12/06/the-white-browed-sparrow-weave/#comment-1393 Fri, 07 Dec 2007 18:48:35 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2007/12/06/the-white-browed-sparrow-weave/#comment-1393 Anne,White-browed sparrow weavers are larger than house sparrows (which are about the same size as the grey-headed sparrows in the photo). Their brief song is more musical too.

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2007/12/06/the-white-browed-sparrow-weave/#comment-1392 Fri, 07 Dec 2007 18:05:13 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2007/12/06/the-white-browed-sparrow-weave/#comment-1392 It looks a lot like an “English” sparrow(but then, they’re in the weaver finch family too).Anne G

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2007/12/06/the-white-browed-sparrow-weave/#comment-1391 Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:08:00 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2007/12/06/the-white-browed-sparrow-weave/#comment-1391 We had these birds nesting across the road from our house in Namibia. What struck me was that less than 15 minutes after the first rain of the rainy season, they were flying back and forth with nesting material.

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