At Gibbs Farm in Tanzania in 2016, I photographed a male of Grosbeak weaver. When we got to the village of Shama, I got the chance to photograph a female. Both sexes have impressive, strong beaks, but while the male has a white spot on the scalp and a type of burgundy plumage on the upper part, the female is more brown and spotted on the chest. Here the female perches on the twig where the finely woven nest hangs. Like many other weavers, the Grosbeak weavers live in colonies - here in Shama they nest together with other weavers.