Washington: The male bowerbird builds and decorates an elaborate nest to attract a partner.
It can take weeks for this bird to plan and build its bower, which is used purely for mating, reports Discovery News.
The bower – a structure woven around a sapling that looks almost like a wooden tent – is carpeted with moss and decorated with flowers, colourful insects, fungi or even dung depending on each bird``s design sensibilities.
This bird has not only an eye for design, but also an ear for song. This crooner is able to mimic a number of sounds from its surrounding habit and use them to weave together complex arias.
Despite the trouble bowerbird takes to make itself presentable to a female, the effort doesn’t always pay off.
Other males generally build bowers nearby, and their sense of style and song may be more suitable to the requirement of the female bowerbird.
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