Green nesting material has a function in mate attraction in the European starling

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European starlings: nestling condition, parasites and green nest material during the breeding season (2005, background): “Nests containing green nest material are more likely to be chosen by females (Brouwer and Komdeur 2004).”
Mutual ornamentation, age and reproductive performance in the European starling (2005, methodology): “All females became mated, and a large fraction of males remained unmated throughout the breeding season (Brouwer and Komdeur, 2004).”
The Energetic Costs of Nest Building in Birds (2013, background): “However, whilst correlations between male nest-building characteristics and genotypic and/or phenotypic attributes have been studied (e.g. Hansell, 2000; Brouwer and Komdeur, 2004), similar correlations for female nest signals are less well-understood.”
An Overview of the Factors Influencing the Morphology and Thermal Properties of Avian Nests (2013, background): “, 2011; Prokop and Trnka, 2011), control ectoparasites (Wimberger, 1984; Clark and Mason, 1985; 1988), as well as acting as a display for mate attraction (Palomino et al., 1998; Brouwer and Komdeur, 2004; Broggi and Senar, 2009).”