Ptilonorhynchus violaceus

Satin Bowerbird at Acton, ACT

Ptilonorhynchus violaceus at Acton, ACT - 10 Oct 2023
Ptilonorhynchus violaceus at Acton, ACT - 10 Oct 2023
Ptilonorhynchus violaceus at Acton, ACT - 10 Oct 2023
Ptilonorhynchus violaceus at Acton, ACT - 10 Oct 2023
Ptilonorhynchus violaceus at Acton, ACT - 10 Oct 2023
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Ptilonorhynchus violaceus 11 Oct 2023 natureguy
Ptilonorhynchus violaceus 10 Oct 2023 CarbonAI
Ptilonorhynchus violaceus 10 Oct 2023 AlisonMilton

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A young male trying to impress. I sometime carry a blue bottle cap. He quickly retrived it and danced round his female vistor carrying it, nb=but she was not impressed and flew off. A second female was feeding in a nearby ree. The younng male had not yet built a bower and this was his first blue object. He too, soon flew off leaving the bottle cap behind.

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