Not certain whether the birds will kill each other, but certainly ifa bird
stops tending its bower, they very quickly get stripped of the objects. An
example was the bower that used to be near the visitors centre at Barren
Grounds. This was well visited, and the male bird had been banded. It was
found on the ground alive but very unwell and soon died. Within a few days
(I think it was about three but I can't remember for certain) the bower that
had been present for anumber of years had been dismantled and the blue
objects removed. Assumedly this was done by other males supplementing their
own site while it was unattended.
Cheers,
Peter
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