Golden water and birds

**Mad Aussie** · 03-24-2009, 09:35 PM

Originally Posted by casil403

Gosh...all your birds have such neat faces and colours MA....very cool!
hey...I noticed you also have Bower birds...any shots of their mating sculptures?

I have some shots of Satin Bower birds I took last year or the year before but we rarely those and never here in town. I haven't taken any of their mating sculptures though. They are funny ... usually filled with blue trinkets they've found or stolen from people.

**casil403** · 03-24-2009, 09:40 PM

I love the idea that the Bower male spends all this time constructing this impressive sculpture from all kinds of stuff he finds and the Bower female walks by it and bases her opinion on whether to mate or not based on his handi-work...

Kinda like the bird version of "Hey...what kinda car do you drive?"

**Mad Aussie** · 03-24-2009, 09:49 PM

Originally Posted by casil403

I love the idea that the Bower male spends all this time constructing this impressive sculpture from all kinds of stuff he finds and the Bower female walks by it and bases her opinion on whether to mate or not based on his handi-work...

Kinda like the bird version of "Hey...what kinda car do you drive?"

Here's an other couple of uglies I got this morning ....

They grow to be one of these ... Purple Swamp Hen

**casil403** · 03-24-2009, 09:55 PM

Wow! Nice to know those butt ugly babies grow into their feet...lol!!
Really gives meaning to the story Ugly Duckling huh?
Really they are cute in a homely kinda way....

**Mad Aussie** · 03-24-2009, 09:59 PM

It's amazing where those feet take them! They walk on lillies and grasses that others fall through!

**Mad Aussie** · 03-24-2009, 10:00 PM

Here's those bowerbirds shots I mentioned ...

Male ...

Female ...

**casil403** · 03-24-2009, 10:12 PM

The female is as pretty as the male for a change!

**jjeling** · 03-24-2009, 10:25 PM

MA, Ive spent quite a bit of time studying animals shapes and how it relates to how they function, Ive never come across a swamp hen before. Cant figure out why, but it looks like a flightless bird. Is that correct?

**Mad Aussie** · 03-24-2009, 10:32 PM

Originally Posted by jjeling

MA, Ive spent quite a bit of time studying animals shapes and how it relates to how they function, Ive never come across a swamp hen before. Cant figure out why, but it looks like a flightless bird. Is that correct?

Not exactly. Not sure how far they (moorhens and swamphens) can fly though as I've never seen them fly more than a few metres at a time.

**kat** · 03-24-2009, 11:38 PM

More fantastic photos!! YAY~

Golden water and birds

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