great bowerbird

This bird is not often seen on Birdforum

He was just launching into his display as I took this photo. There was no female around but that didn't deter him from running around his bower with his wings displayed!

We watched this Bowerbird decorating his bower with white stones.

A flock of Great Bowerbirds arrived every morning to feed on the kitchen waste at the accommodation site at Mataranka.

He has his bower only about 10 feet away from the picnic table in a grassy park and under a straggly tree.

At lunchtime in the picnic area at Katherine gorge, this bird revealed his amazing crest. He seems to open it up when he chooses, and keeps it completely hidden most of the time.

My first sighting of a bowerbird... early morning outside our motel room in Katherine.

Further to my post on the Great Bowerbird building his bower in my garden. Here is a picture of the bird in question. Notice the pebble he has pinched from our patio!

Photo of a cock Great Bowerbird enticing his hen to his bower. This one loves the colour pink. Maybe it matches his pink/ Lilac patch on his nape?

Every now and then you could see the pink nape in full display

The largest of Australia's avenue building bowerbirds,this Great Bowerbird male is shown in its bower, working on the bower walls.This species prefers white and red ornaments for its playground and has built its bower underneath a hibiscus bush,which gives him an unending supply of red flowers

A first for me, one of two that I followed around for an hour, managed one shot.

Nominate race nuchalis.

Large, fawn-grey bowerbird with erectile pink crest on nape; upperparts grey-brown, heavily scalloped grey-white; tail tipped whitish. Female: smaller, paler; often lacks crest. Immature: like female. 34-38 cm (Source: Graham Pizzey & Frank Knight)

First time I've seen these birds, so quite exciting for me. Did see a bower on my last trip to NT 2 years ago but no sightings of the birds.

This friendly bowerbird visited our campsite and shared our sultanas. See next photo of the bower.