The bower-bird of Australia and New Guinea does not call for a mate. Instead the male lures the female with

an elaborate work of art – a bower of love. These hut like structures are built in small clearings. They

are painted with the mixture of plant juice and saliva. They are decorated with flowers, berries, shells or

bones. Some are even surrounded by garden of moss, twigs and stones. Each species build its own particular

type of bower. Some elaborate bowers have thousands of twigs and hundreds of decorations.

After mating they abandon the honeymoon suits – built by the male spending many days. The hen builds

a nest on the tree and lays her eggs there.