All seven chicks here this morning. Their toosh plumage is looking better every day. 'Babyhead' still has a tiny splotch of baby-plumage feathers on the top of his head.
The chicks are getting their first experience of fruit dropped by the flying birds: plums and pears
https://www.youtube.com/watch?BYCv=y_r20CQjOxM
See 6:55. This is surely the first footage of its type ever produced. It is surely unique at this time.
We've fumbled in the past with lists of predators and guesses about the when and how of predation.
The only metric we've had at all is: 'Day...
First day of summer. Clutch nos. eight over seventeen years.
They don't do a lot of dawn dancing -- Alpha and Omega danced almost every morning.
They are splendidly tame. I wear sunglasses and a hat so no one can not get pecked or 'beaked'.
They just love sultanas. Will practically clamber...
'people guessing rather than talking from experience unfortunately'
sigh It makes me feel old. You should be able to find some old threads, threads frequented by numbers of folks discussing issues in real time.
SE [Limpy Chick and his clutch should be here this morning.]
'I have read a couple of reports on the foreplay and coitus that I am looking for. The 'snake' dance being the first act, and the dancing around sounds like courtship.'
Good morning. We might need a couple of posts for this.
I've observed perhaps a dozen copulations of wild emus. There is no...