I think most of the Canberra Winter activity falls under the heading of
'practice bowers' or, in the phrase of the old bushmen, 'playing silly
b***ers'. I have seen a green male display to a black male, and a black
male display to another black male
-----Original Message-----
From: Julian Robinson
Sent: Thursday, 19 June 2008 10:01 PM
To:
Subject: Satin Bowerbird (F) in Deakin
A green male S Bowerbird has for some time established a bower in
Yarralumla Montessori. He returned some weeks ago and yesterday he
was busy displaying and persistently proffering a beautiful plastic
bottle top to another green bird, although from what I could see the
would-be recipient seemed to be another male since he had a pale bill.
At 03:52 PM 16/06/2008, Geoffrey Dabb wrote:
>In my experience they are most likely to turn up in gardens when they
>disperse in late Summer, but there might be an influx from the hills to
>customary Canberra haunts at the beginning of Winter. As Philip will point
>out, the species has become more common locally during the last few years.
>We have discussed this before, but I think it is difficult to distinguish
>immatures from females. One guide is that a first-year bird is likely to
>look a bit on the young side and a 3-6 yr old green male is likely to have
a
>pale bill. Males acquire black plumage at about 7 years.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Con Boekel
>Sent: Monday, 16 June 2008 11:11 AM
>To: Suzanne Edgar
>Cc: David Nicholls; canberra birds
>Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] Satin Bowerbird (F) in Deakin
>
>By way of contrast - we have not had a Satin Bowerbird in our Turner
>garden at any time in the last 20 years.
>Con
>
>Suzanne Edgar wrote:
> > here in Garran too today, not quite as common
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