
There are 20 types of bowerbird

They collect anything that catches their eye: beetles' wing cases, bottle-tops, even deer dung

They arrange these outside the bower to attract a mate

Some even "borrow" clothes pegs (colour-co-ordinated, of course)

Bowerbirds come from Northern Australia and New Guinea

Some more traditionally minded birds prefer flower petals and blossom to plastic implements
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