Bowerbirds

If they were human they might collect beer mugs or stamps


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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