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WONDERFUL CREATURES

A ADORNMENT ARTISTS:

BOWERBIRDS

Did you know that there are birds that adorn
their nests? Just like humans who decorate the

place in which they live, some bird species

adorn their nests too. The behaviors of these
birds are certainly amazing; sometimes they
embellish their nests with the decorative

objects they collect or paint the walls of their

nests with pink fruits.

The bowerbird, which is one of the birds that
paint their nests, is a real “master of architec-

ture”. The size of a male bowerbird is like that
of a pigeon. While building its nest, it arranges

hundreds of thin branches in two lines each
facing one another. This way it builds a bower.

It piles up all the stuff it picks from the environ-
ment in front of this bower. This may even be

a butterfly's wing, a bird's feather, a
car key or some wrap-

ping paper. This
bird is particularly

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