Ptilonorhynchus violaceus

2 Satin Bowerbird at Hughes, ACT

Ptilonorhynchus violaceus at Hughes, ACT - 3 Aug 2019
Ptilonorhynchus violaceus at Hughes, ACT - 3 Aug 2019
Ptilonorhynchus violaceus at Hughes, ACT - 3 Aug 2019
Ptilonorhynchus violaceus at Hughes, ACT - 3 Aug 2019
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Ptilonorhynchus violaceus 6 Aug 2019 natureguy
Ptilonorhynchus violaceus 5 Aug 2019 BIrdsinCanberra

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In the trees ahead of me and saw about three birds, including the one on the branch in the photograph. I could also hear a bird in the thicket. A bit of movement caught my attention and I saw a green bird bouncing while displaying its feathers. It had two yellow crest feathers from a Sulphur-crested cockatoo in its beak. It hopped backwards and forwards along a log off the ground before it then dropped the feathers and hopped out of sight. No birds came to its area, indeed another bird flew to a different tree. I also saw the male in its dark plumage a little distance away in the thicket. It was on the ground and appeared to have something in its beak but I could not see it clearly. This thicket has previously had a bower in it.

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