Top Left and Top Right are pictures of a Normal Diamond Firetail Male.  In the above picture, the male is holding a blade of grass to be used as nesting material or to get the attention of the hens.  Males will try to find the longest blade of grass and hold it in their beak.  Then, he will fly around the aviary with this blade of grass as to say to the hens, "Look at me.  You know you want me."  Males will hold a the grass in their beak while they do their dancing ritual. 
To the direct left is a Yellow Face Normal Star hen.
Below is the view I have from inside the sitting area.  The Diamond firetails have taken over the middle nest (the wicker) in the center of the wall across from the sitting area.  The parrot finches' nest is the wooden box to the right of the diamonds and to the upper right, the pearl headed amadines have constructed a free standing nest in some dried honeysuckle vines.

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