From: Clive Mann <clivefmann@gmail.com>
Date: 2013-03-31 17:02
Subject: Re: [KENYABIRDSNET] Clarke's Weaver nests in Dakatcha
One reason that it took so long to find the nest may be because people assumed it was a forest nester. Certainly this was the general assumption, which I disagreed with, in the 1960s & 1970s. It's flocking behaviour has always suggested  a non-forest nester, which we now know to be so.

Clive Mann

On 31 March 2013 14:44, Davidson <davidson@africaonline.co.ke> wrote:
 

Well done to Fleur’s team for their persistence in finding the first breeding site of the above species, Ploceus Golandi

 

It got me thinking on who was Clarke !

 

The book ‘whose bird’ has the answer.

 

Brigadier-General Goland Vanholt Clarke [ note the first name Goland as in the scientific name of the bird]  ,was an ornithologist and collector in Africa. He collected a specimen in 1913 and sent it to his brother , another military man in UK , who wrote up the description.

 

Amazing that it has taken 100 years to find the breeding nests !  A great centenary .

 

Colin Jackson, Brian Finch and I were honoured to visit the site at Fleur’s invitation and great photos and videos were recorded  

 

Mike D in Nairobi




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Dr C F Mann