Hi everyone and Ian Scott, I am Australian and saw this nest last week at Mt. Tamborine (behind the Gold Coast, Queensland) Look hard for the bird, but the next is bright and blue. Thank you. Lee Brisbane. -----Original Message----- From: lanark-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:lanark-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Ian Scott via Sent: Friday, 15 January 2016 6:25 PM To: lanark@rootsweb.com Here in some parts of Australia we use the term "bower bird" to mean the equivalent of Anne's comments below." Wikipedia describes the actions of a bower bird as "In and around the bower, the male places a variety of brightly coloured objects he has collected. These objects - usually different among each species - may include hundreds of shells, leaves, flowers, feathers, stones, berries, and even discarded plastic items, coins, nails, rifle shells, or pieces of glass. The males spend hours arranging this collection."