{"id":3779,"date":"2019-08-28T12:07:20","date_gmt":"2019-08-28T12:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/?p=3779"},"modified":"2019-08-28T12:08:14","modified_gmt":"2019-08-28T12:08:14","slug":"clip-of-the-week-satin-bowerbirds-courting-on-street-verge-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/2019\/08\/28\/clip-of-the-week-satin-bowerbirds-courting-on-street-verge-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"Clip of the Week &#8211; satin bowerbirds courting on street verge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Male satin bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/stock-video\/male-satin-bowerbird-(ptilonorhynchus-violaceus)-courting-female-on-suburban\/search\/detail-0_01621468.html\">courting female on suburban street verge<\/a>, bower filled with blue plastic, Australia, October 2018. By David Gallan.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 56.25% 0 0 0; position: relative;\"><iframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/345508165?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h3>Satin bowerbirds<\/h3>\n<p>The satin bowerbird is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/search?s=bowerbird\">bowerbird<\/a> endemic to Eastern Australia. Like all bowerbirds, they show complex courtship behaviour &#8211; the males build and decorate a bower, and dance to attract females. As the males mature, they are increasingly attracted to blue items to decorate their bowers!<\/p>\n<h3>David commented:<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;Our house was damaged in the 2018 Tathra bushfire. While we were renting in the township I noticed a male with a distinctive satin sheen calling in a tree out the front of the house or flying at low level in various direction from a single point. I was not surprised to see the bower in a bushy verge outside the front fence. Not wanting to disturb the courtship rituals the camera was left for two twenty minute periods on a small table top tripod on the edge of the bower display. A cloudy day was chosen to minimise harsh shadows and render colours with more saturation. The Australian flag amongst the collection was a surprising bonus!<\/p>\n<p>An Olympus 9mm f8 body cap lens with great depth of field was used to record the courtship ritual.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery gallery-3779 style-scrollingstrip'><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/01354824.jpg\" class=\"attachment-gallery-strip-thumb size-gallery-strip-thumb\" alt=\"Satin Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus) male arranging blue plastic ornaments and feather at bower, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, September\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/01354824.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/01354824-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/01354824-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/01354824-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/01354824-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/01354824-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/01354824-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/01354824-375x249.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/01354824-600x398.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/01354824-900x598.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/01354824-160x106.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Satin bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus) male arranging blue plastic ornaments and feather at bower, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, September\" \/><\/div><div class=\"gallery-overview-caption\"><strong>01354824<\/strong> by Dave Watts<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"689\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/01093767.jpg\" class=\"attachment-gallery-strip-thumb size-gallery-strip-thumb\" alt=\"Pair of satin bowerbirds {Ptilonorhynchus violaceus} at bower East Australia. Female in bower, male displaying to her using blue ornaments. Satin Bowerbirds collect blue and yellow ornaments and the male in this picture is holding a yellow object in its bill.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/01093767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/01093767-150x101.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/01093767-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/01093767-768x517.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/01093767-320x215.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/01093767-375x252.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/01093767-600x404.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/01093767-900x606.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/01093767-158x106.jpg 158w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Pair of satin bowerbirds {Ptilonorhynchus violaceus} at bower, East Australia. Female in bower, male displaying to her using blue ornaments. Satin Bowerbirds collect blue and yellow ornaments and the male in this picture is holding a yellow object in its bill.\" \/><\/div><div class=\"gallery-overview-caption\"><strong>01093767<\/strong> by Dave Watts<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><figure class='gallery-item col-0'><div class='gallery-icon landscape'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"677\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/00198692.jpg\" class=\"attachment-gallery-strip-thumb size-gallery-strip-thumb\" alt=\"Satin bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus) male arranging blue ornaments to impress female in bower, Victoria, Australia\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/00198692.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/00198692-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/00198692-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/00198692-768x508.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/00198692-320x212.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/00198692-375x248.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/00198692-600x397.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/00198692-900x595.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/00198692-160x106.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"100vw\" title=\"Satin bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus) male arranging blue ornaments to impress female in bower, Victoria, Australia\" \/><\/div><div class=\"gallery-overview-caption\"><strong>00198692<\/strong> by Konrad Wothe<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .gallery -->\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Male satin bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus) courting female on suburban street verge, bower filled with blue plastic, Australia, October 2018. By David Gallan. Satin bowerbirds The satin bowerbird is a bowerbird endemic to Eastern Australia. Like all bowerbirds, they show complex courtship behaviour &#8211; the males build and decorate a bower, and dance to attract females&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/2019\/08\/28\/clip-of-the-week-satin-bowerbirds-courting-on-street-verge-australia\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"button\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3779"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3779"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3779\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3790,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3779\/revisions\/3790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naturepl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}