在澳大利亚，一只缎蓝园丁鸟在小树枝和草叶铺成的“林荫大道”前整齐地摆上蓝色鹦鹉的羽毛、白色蜗牛的壳，还有黄色和紫色的花朵；它的眼睛呈现惹人注目的蓝色。

In Australia, in front of his stick-and-grass avenue, a male satin bowerbird, whose eyes are a striking blue, displays blue parrot feathers, white snail shells, and yellow and purple blossoms.

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这只缎蓝园丁鸟(Ptilonorhynchus violaceus minor)嘴上粘粘的东西是种植物。在澳大利亚昆士兰的雨林里，园丁鸟把这种植物涂在他们的巢穴最里面的密室里。

The gunk on the beak of this satin bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus minor) is plant matter, which he mashed up to paint his bower's inner sanctum in a rain forest in Queensland, Australia.

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