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    Wild Emus at The Lilly Pilly Tree

    Pouring rain. Limpy Chick is here. All ten chicks too.
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    Wild Emus at The Lilly Pilly Tree

    Five emus here yesterday at dawn dawn. Couldn't even tell who was who. Today: Undersized Emu is here, with her consort. She is delightful because she always bursts into a jog the moment she knows it's Wheat Time.
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    Wild Emus at The Lilly Pilly Tree

    Bush and Haystack here at dawn. If they are going to breed, they had best get on with it. Limpy Chick and his clutch well. We can already get to within arm's length of the chicks. SE
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    Wild Emus at The Lilly Pilly Tree

    Here is Bush changing his mind about attacking Limpy Chick.
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    Wild Emus at The Lilly Pilly Tree

    From several days ago. This is Bush and Haystack enjoying brief sunshine over in the old sheep yards. [New custom here at the farmhouse: holidays on warm winter days. We've had days and days and days of steady wind and rain. But at this second it is still and getting warm.]
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    Wild Emus at The Lilly Pilly Tree

    Dawn. Limpy Chick Plus is here. Haystack turned up on her own. We assumed that Bush is sitting. But no, he turned up a little later. Bush challenged Limpy Chick, but shied away. That's good. At that moment, we could hear two females, one to the north, one to the east. And both Bush and...
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    Wild Emus at The Lilly Pilly Tree

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    Wild Emus at The Lilly Pilly Tree

    So, deep breath. We shan't lose our minds with Cute Chick Photos. We will continue our usual work: Bush and Haystack are here. Will they mate? We suppose they have a few days left in which Bush might disappear. And the arithmetic of Limpy Chick's incubation? It fits. What we don't know is how...
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    Wild Emus at The Lilly Pilly Tree

    You can see how good their camoflage is. If the Dad is still, they are not easy to spot.
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    Wild Emus at The Lilly Pilly Tree

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    Wild Emus at The Lilly Pilly Tree

    Finchbreeder, find Highway 30 on a map of southern Western Australia. Now, somewhere east-west is the line between woodwardi and rothschildi. And we would like to better understand that. And 'my side' of Highway 30 is the cold and rainy southernmost district. The 'other side' of Highway 30 is...
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    Wild Emus at The Lilly Pilly Tree

    Bush and Haystack here at dawn. Bush chortling happily. Limpy Chick here with the chicks -- 10?
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    Wild Emus at The Lilly Pilly Tree

    17 years. Originally, Eric brought five clutches over a decade. Toosh Toosh has brought two. Limpy Chick opens a new era: only the third of Eric's family to bring his clutch here. Number eight. L.C. came straight up to me, and ate from my hand.
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    Wild Emus at The Lilly Pilly Tree

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