bower 1 photograph with grey objects
bower 1 photograph with grey objects
Broome Bird Observatory
bower 8 showing green glass chips
bower 8 showing numbered green glass chips
after shot of spatial poetry at bower 6
after shot of spatial poetry at bower 6. View from above (south end)
bower 6 showing spatial poetry chips before any interaction
bower 6 view from south showing spatial poetry chips before any interaction bower 6 from above showing spatial poetry chips at either end
bower 5 spatial poetry before shot
bower 5 spatial poetry before (view from south)
bower 2 showing spatial poetry chips (before shot)
Bower 2 with spatial poetry chips on the right and Roebuck Bay in the background.
bird banding being undertaken at Broome Bird Observatory
A bowerbird just before being released after banding by Class A birdbander Naoko Takeuchi (photo taken at Broome Bird Observatory). Note quite boxy wide head and comparatively long neck which is also obvious in flight.
found the mystery researcher
And was kindly sent the coordinates of 10 bowers in the vicinity of the Broome Bird Observatory. An excellent stroke of luck!
possible research questions
Is the use of red reported in Townsville great bowerbird a local or widespread trait? I have not seen it in bowers I have visited in the Kimberley. Is this because of a small sample size or poor observation, or is there no red out there? What is the relative importance of sphericity versus …