bowerbird

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The bird spends hours carefully sorting and arranging his collection, with each object in a specific place; if an object is moved while the bowerbird is away he will put it back in its place.

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  1. noun Any of various birds of the family Ptilonorhynchidae of Australia and New Guinea, the males of which build large elaborate structures of grasses, twigs, and brightly colored materials to attract females.

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  • Nov 19, 2008 at 11: 06 pm bowerbird - I am not easy to offend, but you've managed to do just that. —  Booksquare
  • Howard Eisberg has been bopping around these parts for decades, bedecking his songbook with four-chords-and-the-punch-line hymns like a bowerbird gathering trinkets for its nest. —  The Pitch | Complete Issue
  • Improv Music: Musician Jozef van Wissem, presented by bowerbird, at the Physick House (321 S 4th), 8PM. —  Phillyist
  • I am just not getting their point, and so far none of the stories on this have done a good job to show what they are actually upset about. re: I don't read the newspaper much, and it isn't because of Google. by bowerbird - Apr 8th, 2009 @ 3: 09pm —  Techdirt
  • But It's Easier with Buttons: Wooden Guitar Hero, a homage to the acoustic guitar featuring Tetuzi Akiyama, Jack Rose, and Little Ocean, presented by bowerbird at Powel House (244 S 3rd), 8PM. —  Phillyist
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