PASSERIFORMES: Ptilonorhynchidae

Ptilonorhynchus guttatus  

Western Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus guttatus)
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© Kay Parkin 2013
Alice Springs, NT (May, 2013)

I simply love these birds and could watch them for hours.

This particular bird got so used to me sitting near by that it ended up approaching to within one foot of me and continued trying to break twigs off a plant to add to its bower.

Western Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus guttatus)

Western Bowerbird

Western Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus guttatus)

Bower Inspection

Western Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus guttatus)

Western Bowerbird at Bower

Western Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus guttatus)

Western Bowerbird

Western Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus guttatus)

Western Bowerbird

Western Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus guttatus)

Western Bowerbird

Western Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus guttatus)

Western Bowerbird

Western Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus guttatus)

Western Bowerbird

Western Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus guttatus)

Western Bowerbird

Western Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus guttatus)

Western Bowerbird

Western Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus guttatus)

Western Bowerbird

Western Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus guttatus)

Western Bowerbird

Western Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus guttatus)

Western Bowerbird

Western Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus guttatus)

Western Bowerbird

Western Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus guttatus)

Western Bowerbird

Western Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus guttatus)

Western Bowerbird

Western Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus guttatus)

Western Bowerbird

Western Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus guttatus)

Western Bowerbird