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Old 07-11-2007, 08:48 PM
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Originally Posted by GeoffW1 View Post
Hi,

Looking at the photo of all the smaller objects in the bird's collection, all of them seem to be man-made. Now if blue is not extremely common in nature, what did bowerbirds collect for blue things before the white man got here?

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Flowers, rocks and stones, is what was commonly used in their bowers.

I believe that it is a female as the beak is dark coloured, the juveniles have a lighter beak, a hint to their true colouring.
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