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    Wild Emus at The Lilly Pilly Tree

    'And I am deeply disappointed by academia. You'd think the desire to know would mean academics would want to. . . well, know.' 'Credentialism' has been around for a long long time; but in my lifetime, the situation has changed radically, Antique. I'd best speak in generalities: The healthy...
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    Wild Emus at The Lilly Pilly Tree

    In this old photo, you can see young black-heads. They have the unmistakeable 'fuzz' pinfeathers aplenty (and only half grown toosh feathers). On Eric, you can see some of the classic 'blue steel' coloring at the top of his neck. It's not the case that you get an exact 'shift' from pinfeathers...
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    Wild Emus at The Lilly Pilly Tree

    'I can't believe the Cheeky Chicks are still together. Does the plumage signal maturity?' We are still learning about the Cheeky Chicks. Remember that this is the first ever real observation of a second-year clutch. Plumage? An emu has adult plumage by autumn of its second year. The Cheeky...
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    Wild Emus at The Lilly Pilly Tree

    'Do horses and emus not get along? Seems strange; neither is a predator.' The emus are scared stiff of the horses, and run like billyo on sighting them. The horses couldn't care less.
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    Wild Emus at The Lilly Pilly Tree

    'Could the male you heard be Limpy Chick?' One: we have an update on that. Two: no. Limpy Chick's task is to sit still and quiet, which reduces the risk from predators.
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    Wild Emus at The Lilly Pilly Tree

    'Aren't there any emu specialists or academics who would value long-term observations?' Academia doesn't work this way, Antique. No expert likes to have someone equally expert just wander in off the street. Although we did contribute some years ago to a project over east, in which...
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    Wild Emus at The Lilly Pilly Tree

    https://vimeo.com/1089425176/a8b0579075?ts=0&share=copy These toosh-less cuties are the second clutch of 'Toosh Toosh,' one of Eric the Emu's fifth (last) clutch. And the simple fact is that we would never have had a chance to observe them -- that is, at such close quarters -- if Toosh Toosh...
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    Wild Emus at The Lilly Pilly Tree

    Hey, Finchbreeder! Welcome. 'Planet Rothschildi' began its eighteenth year just weeks ago -- the first post here was, I think, 2010. And a note, it's not random emus, it's the same family. We have traced Eric the Emu's chicks through five clutches (up until his death) and to his grandkids. And...
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    Wild Emus at The Lilly Pilly Tree

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    Wild Emus at The Lilly Pilly Tree

    'Do you think Limpy Chick is incubating somewhere?' Yes. However, this is a conjecture -- welcome to Planet Rothschildi! We learn by making wild guesses, then continue our observations until our theory makes sense or is dropped. So, the male of a long-established breeding-pair disappears ten...
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    Wild Emus at The Lilly Pilly Tree

    Start with a good look at the two on the right. See how very different their toosh plumage is? At this moment (as Supreme Emu was kneeling on the cold damp ground . . . ), a male was heard just off stage. We sat waiting to get a photo, but the everyone fled because . . . horses.
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    Wild Emus at The Lilly Pilly Tree

    'Cheeky Chicks are still together?!? Do you think Limpy Chick is incubating somewhere? Hope all is ok with you!' All was quite for two days, but we're back in business this morning. All four of The Cheeky Chicks were here, but fled when the mustangs appeared. All emus do likewise. Here first...
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    Wild Emus at The Lilly Pilly Tree

    https://vimeo.com/1089419161/9bc2b543f0?ts=0&share=copy Mustangs at dawn
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    Baby emu care help?

    Welcome. PS Although cost is an issue raised here, emu chicks thrive on 'ordinary' food: chopped vegies, fresh and dried fruit (except citrus), grains of all sorts; and any forage they can get, like flowers and grass. SE
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    Wild Emus at The Lilly Pilly Tree

    Planet Rothschildi will be off the air for several weeks: noo computer Visitors here. Observations interrupted. So, this second: The Cheeky Chicks – three – rocked through the other day. And it seems that Offsider has left! And Undersized Emu and Sandy have likewise not been here...
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