PASSERIFORMES: Ptilonorhynchidae

Ptilonorhynchus guttatus  

Western Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus guttatus)
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© Kay Parkin 2012
Alice Springs, NT (Jul, 2012)

Finding the bower was relatively easy at the Olive Pink Botanical Gardens.

Another male tried to investigate but was quickly told off by the resident bird.

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