Day 16 - Mating behaviour

I was away for the weekend but when I arrived home yesterday I could see the Magpie Lark nest has finally developed into a beautiful cup shape typical of Magpie Lark nests.
There wasn't much time to observe today, but as I watched the male Magpie Lark was pushing his breast into the nest and shaking his feathers around a bit, trying the nest out for size. After this both the female and the male flew to the mating branch (named this because it's the branch that the Rosellas most often choose to mate on) and the female crouched down as if to say 'I'm ready'. The male attempted to hop onto her back but she'd changed her mind at the last minute and flew off.
I then needed to go out so will have to wait until tomorrow to see more.
The Rosellas were also around today with the male feeding the female again. I'm looking forward to Rosella chicks, hopefully they'll be successful.