Beginner Gardening: Who is doing this and what are they doing?, 0 by vickijackson55

vickijackson55 wrote:
Thank you all for the help. I have never heard of a Bower Bird. I looked them up, what a unique and marvelous bird. I tried to find out if they are in Washington State and all I got was they are in Austrailia. Most of the pictures are of beautiful birds. I had an incident a couple of months ago. Not far from where these "piles" are, I pulled into my driveway. Suddenly about 40+ birds were there just walking around. Kind of freaked me out. I carefully got out of my car, but they flew away. If these piles were from a bird, I couldn't figure out why there were so many of them. The appearance of all those birds at one time might account for it. The birds I saw looked something like the "drab" bower bird. These mounds are very plain and small compared to what they usually do, but they do build them on the forest floor rather than in a tree. I am going to go with the bird idea, bower or other and try to keep a close eye on the front yard. Thank you all for the ideas. If you get a chance go to google images and type in Bowerbird Bowers and look at some of the nests these guys build. This pic is too show how many and how close. Each darker spot is a small pile (bower?) Thanks Vicki