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briefvisit said:

Corny! They are exceptionally high-quality photos. I reckon you could sell them if block-mounted.
(Is the top chick's head cropped in the original photo?)

Autumn Rains have begun. Supreme Emu can hear the bush through open windows at night (summer bedroom). Can hear rain and Sassybird.

Sassybird driving off a rival bird. Shadow is still in orbit. Felicty due any time now.

Who remembers 'the soak on the way to town'? It used to get a regular mention. Well, yesterday -- cool weather = S.E. can see better -- I saw the pair-that-we-suspect-are-pets on the soak. Critters doin' it hard here right now. Pretty dry season.But the pair at the soak -- only the briefest of glimpses -- looked glossy.

I have great video of Sassybird vocalising, but still trying to upload it to Youtube.

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briefvisit said:

For new-comers, these emus are all tame-wild birds that were the subject of observations in Western Australia's south west for some years. One of Greedy's sisters was here for breakfast this morning.

Here is Greedy Emu, a female double-alpha rothschildi:




Here is Boy Emu during 2012 hatch -- the head of Ring-In Chick is just visible



Here is Eric the Emu and Alpha and Omega chicks attacking Wonky Wheelbarrow Emu:



Here are Alpha and Omega when they were much smaller. For you new-comers, these wild chicks and their tame-wild dad are standing right outside my living-room door.

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briefvisit said:

Hey, Anika.

About 6 feet as adults, although when they undertake flying-leap attacks, the top of their head would be easily 8 feet off the ground.

Greedy looks big here because she is 'flaring': her chest feathers are raised.

Check the 'Eric is Alive' thread below -- I just fed Eric, who is Greedy's dad.

My good friend Ian's daughter Pheonix first fed Greedy when she -- Phoenix -- was only three years old. At that age, an approachiing emu looks like a skyscraper with a beak.

Phoenix just loves them: knows their names; feeds them by hand; has seen clutches of wild chicks in the bush.
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