this post was submitted on 03 Jul 2023
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link to San Diego Zoo webpage on Bowerbirds

BBC video narrated by David Attenborough focusing on mating dance with flame bowerbird

BBC video narrated by David Attenborough focusing on bower design and calls by Vogel Kop Bowerbird

drawing showing 8 types of Bowerbirds

A few more examples:

four examples of nests

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That’s so cool! Thanks for sharing and for the links to more info. That nest looks like a lot of work!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

On the second video there is a larger nest that they said took years. My goodness.