An update on the Greater Bower Bird whose bower is just twenty feet from our front verandah.
Back in August 2021 I wrote of our resident Greater Bower Bird's antics in "thievery" and his ability to raid our new laundry/ second shower and second toilet building site for suitable decorations for his bower.
Well, we don't learn. Actually we don't learn. At the tender ages of 73 and 70, not only are we building a complete new laundry and ripping apart our existing bathroom, we are undertaking all the building work ourselves! Oh Man!
Now back to Bob Bowerbird. Husband discovered yesterday that the container of nuts, bolts, washers, screws and rivets was upturned and empty. "Bob" had been raiding again. The container had a lid and locking device. Did not stop Bob.
A raid on his bower found the items.
The bower bird has built a front and back verandah using bits of hardiplank and concrete all nicely decorated with screws, rivets, nuts, bolts and washers. One of the pieces of concrete was "decorated" with a blue ring constructed from a piece of blue plastic artfully placed at the front of his approach verandah.
Has his efforts attracted women? Well he has two female bower birds hanging around. However as fast as Bob is decorating, they are pulling it to bits!
As for us, we have now placed the container in a strong lockable metal box complete with padlock. Let's see what Bob can do with that.
