PASSERIFORMES: Ptilonorhynchidae

Ptilonorhynchus guttatus  

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

I watched with delight as the gorgeous bird proceeded to decorate with his prized possession, a blue marble.

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