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...arranged fruit- blue, green and yellow. The male "held a bright blue fruit in its bill and pointed it toward the female, so it could be seen against the background of its golden crest." The courting creature also emitted a series of odd cries while quivering its crest seductively. Diamond watched for 20 min utes, but "the male did not succeed and the female flew...
Excitement over the find may have been slightly dampened because photo graphs that Diamond took of the birds were lost when a small boat he was traveling in capsized. Experts believe his story anyway...
...Normally, one would want a photograph, specimen or more than one observer," says Roger Tory Peterson, noted ornithologist-artist. "But Diamond seems credible, and, knowing New Guinea, I am not surprised by his boat trouble." According to Donald Bruning, curator of birds at the Bronx Zoo, Diamond is "one of the half-dozen people most qualified to identify this bowerbird...
...seems resigned to his new role as supporting player, although at one point during the opening of Parliament, the Prince turned to his Princess-splendid in a white satin and chiffon gown and diamond tiara-and, according to one observer, was thought to have remarked, "Diana, stop stealing the show...
Bedford Field was fenceless. The diamond was part of the practice fields for football and soccer, and this meant that if a person was to hit a home run, he had to really knock it so that the outfielders couldn't chase it down. A smart outfield would make this doubly difficult by backing way out into the grass, for a dangerous hitter, sometimes so far that you couldn't even hear their between-pitch chatter...