bower

I popped down at lunch today to take
a look. Living on the northside I was surprised at the large number of
Satin Bowerbirds around the 'English Garden' area.
I counted 15 green birds and at least
4 adult males, a conservative estimate, around the lawns and gardens.

The bower was at first attended by an
adult male, then later an immature (green) male arrived and shuffled a
few items around and adjusted the bower walls. In the tree above a dozen
King-Parrots were foraging. Some 50 metres away under a branching cedar
2 adult males were locked in an interesting dance, while another male looked
on from above. Nearby a green male attempted an interesting dance as well.


All in all a beautiful sight. Thanks
Sue for the tip off.

Cheers
Marnix

"roger curnow" <>

29/06/2006 12:23 PM

To	"canberrabirds" <>, "Suzanne Edgar" <>
cc
Subject	Re: [canberrabirds] bower
Classification

Thanks for the tip, Suze.
 
This morning around 10 o'clock I saw 6 green birds and
two adult males.
Also observed what struck me as abnormal behaviour 
                (but is bound to
be well known and normal)
namely the two males following each other around and around through the
bower.
There were no females obviously present.
 
Geoffrey Dabb was also there, but had gone off to get
his video gear at the time.
In case they had given up by the time he got back here
is a poor picture of them.

The blue stuff is platic strips from a do-not-fall-down-this-hole
barrier a couple of 100 metres away.
whether one or both males collected it i wasn't able to
determine.
 
    roger