When I get home in the evening I sit on the deck. Iean back in my chair and gaze at all the stars the sky has to offer me, however Bubba restlessly sniffs to the north and south for a female. Currently he's been obsessed with a French maid's poodle in San Pedro and the serenity of my veranda has been assaulted with constant questions about feelings for her and their differences. In spite of the interesting adaptations of the few, simple pair bonds between opposite sexes of the same species are the norm. Even though most birds are monogamous.
Birds are by no means always so faithful.
Partners may change between one year and the next, even between the beginning and end of a season. Often the males will court a single female. The female Northern Jacana found around the lagoons behind Ambergris take the opposite position having several males working for her, building nests and hatching her eggs. Courtship is the first stage of where you want to be, Bubba. Courtship simplified is just the behavior by which one recognizes others of the same species and establishes membership in the breeding population, usually through elaborate display or dances.