Borgia: He reuses the bower. Male satin bowerbirds, we know, may mate with 25 different females. One male in one year had 53 copulations. So the bowers are used quite a lot. Stud of studs ...

Satin bowerbird. (Photo courtesy BBC) A male satin bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus) puts on a display next to his bower. He collects brightly coloured objects to adorn his display arena ...

Keith Horton (Australia) watches from the nearby shrubbery as a female satin bowerbird visits a male’s bower to inspect its work. Keith was visiting the busy university campus of Australia’s ...