Bird with Red bottletop around beak/head identified

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Bird with Red bottletop around beak/head identified

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Subject:	Bird with Red bottletop around beak/head identified
From:	Rob Geraghty <>
Date:	Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:27:12 -0800 (PST)

--- On Wed, 11/19/08, Kurtis Lindsay <> wrote:
> What a lucky bird to have survived this long! It's a
> sad fact that many Bowerbirds especially Satin and
> Great Bowerbirds perish from getting plastic
> caught around their heads or necks.

And it could be easily prevented in the case of Satin Bowerbirds simply by 
avoiding shades of blue that they're attracted to.  Do Great Bowerbirds have 
particular colour preferences?  I've only seen Satin Bowerbird bowers.

Rob

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