What a Nest!!!

Wording of this Handout:

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The brush turkey of Australia sure knows how to build things on a grand scale.
The male starts work in a shady place and begins to scratch sticks and soil together into a big pile. When he is finished, the pile can be as large as four metres wide and nearly two metres high!
He even stamps on the top to make sure the pile is solid.
Then along comes the female brush turkey. If the pile is ready, the male allows her to lay eggs (one every few days) in a hollow which he digs in the top.
The female then wanders away and leaves the male to mind the nest.
For the next nine or ten weeks the male makes sure the nest is OK. He digs a hole every day to test the temperature - always about 35 degrees C - with his beak. If the temperature goes up, he takes stuff off the nest. If the temperature goes down, he adds stuff to the nest.
When the chicks hatch, they dig their way to the surface and then walk away. (Not so much as a "Hi Dad!" From anyone them!)