UF3, Apophysis, PSP *** In the deepest jungles of the Amazonian forest lives the rare Sisyphopa Bird. A distant cousin of the Bower Bird, who builds an elaborate nest of twigs on the ground to attract his mate, this rare and beautiful bird builds its nest high in the canopy of the rain forest. The beauty of their foliage is legendary, and native tribesmen wander deep in the forest in the hopes of finding any rare and greatly admired fallen feathers for use in their ceremonial headdresses. The Sysyphopa bird is rarely, if ever seen, as it dwells mainly in the forest canopy. Once, a tribesmen who did not return home from his feather hunting excursion was feared to be lost, or killed by wild animals. When a search party was organized, he was eventually found standing transfixed, as if in a trance, staring up into the trees. The rare sight of a Sisyphopa Bird who had flown lower than normal to catch a particularly enticing bug for its dinner, left the astonished man so taken with the beauty of its foliage, that all he could do was to gaze up towards the highest branches of the trees, hypnotized and mesmerized by it's beauty and waiting for just another glance of the bird with the beautiful feathers. Our scientific team sent an experienced climber up the nearest tree with a camera. Sadly, the noise of the nearby monkeys alerted any and all nearby animals of the intruder, and all the nesting Sisyphopa birds bolted. To date, no photographs have been taken. But our experienced climber was astonished to find high in the canopy, a dense group of nests built in their favorite latcarfemalf trees, and she was able to take some photos. Our scientific team was delighted to study these photographs and determine that the male Sisyphopa bird sacrifices his most luxuriant and brilliantly colored gold and aqua colored tail feathers to construct a nest of his own design to attract a female. All the nests have a high curving arc made of his best tail feathers and always facing east, to catch the first warming rays of the sun. Most of the nests already had eggs, except for one, who's somewhat inadequate nest must not have passed muster with his intended mate, for alas, it was still empty. We share with you here, one of the photographs taken of this group of nests of the beautiful Sisyphopa Bird. *** Thanks very much for making it past the thumbnail, and thanks for putting up with my touch of silliness today. :)Maria