PASSERIFORMES: Ptilonorhynchidae

Ptilonorhynchus guttatus  

Western Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus guttatus)
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© Vik Dunis 2013
Alice Springs, NT (Aug, 2013)

A Western Bowerbird inspects his bower.

The piece of white chalk may have been introduced by some other party, I didn't see how it got there, but in any case, the bowerbird didn't like it in the centre of the bower and moved it to the approach where there were bits of bone and small white plastic items.

I concurred with the bowerbird's taste. The collection of round green seeds looked much better on their own to me. Who's a bird-brain?

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