The Courtship feeding of Orange-headed Thrush

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Only male initiate the construction of nest. Here the male is collecting nesting materials.

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The male is putting a twig into nest.

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The female is collecting nesting materials.

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But the female didn't put the twigs into nest. She probably just instigate the male to initiate the nesting work sitting beside the nest.

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The male is pressing the nesting materials by his chest to shape the nest.

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Here the female is begging for food from male

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The male is collecting nesting materials along with mud for lining the nest.

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The male rubs his chest and coats the inside of the nest with mud. The female sits near the nest and watches.

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The male rubs his chest in such a way that the inside of the nest is evenly coated with mud

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You can see mud stains on the male's chest feathers.

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The male even soaks his breast feathers in water if the mud coating inside the nest dries out in the high midday temperatures.