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    Our newest adventure, EMU's!

    'Not being a morning person I will probably never witness the 'dawn dance'' They may do it any time, KsK; but they most often do it at first light. SE
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    Our newest adventure, EMU's!

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    Our newest adventure, EMU's!

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    Our newest adventure, EMU's!

    '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...
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    Our newest adventure, EMU's!

    'She chases him a lot but we have not noticed any mating rituals yet.' I'll be interested to hear of any mating rituals that you observe. SE
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    Wild Emus at The Lilly Pilly Tree

    Here is the same tooshes just weeks ago
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    Wild Emus at The Lilly Pilly Tree

    Here is the far end of one of the chicks. You can see how fast their toosh plumage is growing.
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    Wild Emus at The Lilly Pilly Tree

    The chick in the photo above is here on the right. The chick that wanders up to drink in the middle? You see that it has a full head of black pin feathers
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    Wild Emus at The Lilly Pilly Tree

    This chick, you see, has a tiny remnant of its baby 'mottled-head' plumage
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    Please Welcome TudyBOT !!!

    AI destroys communities. Full stop. Supreme Emu
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    Emu Egg day 57

    ' ?' Exactly that, Elles. I've been on BYC about fifteen years. There used to be a vibrant and knowledgeable community of incubators here, discussing all manner of subjects
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    Emu Egg day 57

    Years ago this site was a fine resource for incubators sigh SE
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    Wild Emus at The Lilly Pilly Tree

    Limpy Chick and Co. under the plum tree at dawn. 18th year of plums. Some photos later. SE
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    Wild Emus at The Lilly Pilly Tree

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    Wild Emus at The Lilly Pilly Tree

    Here is Limpy Chick, years later, all grown up, with his own chicks -- first clutch, standing in the same spot.
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    Wild Emus at The Lilly Pilly Tree

    I am here. Brief update. This photo is Eric the Emu with his last clutch, the fifth of his that we observed. One of the chicks is Limpy Chick:
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    Cassowaries as ornamental birds

    You know you are a real ratite geek when you start learning the sub-species SE
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    Cassowaries as ornamental birds

    'They generally avoid people - but no where near as willingly as people avoid them.' Hey, Finchbreeder! My knowledge of cassowaries is next to nil -- mostly from reading here on BYC. What you are saying makes sense. There's the fact that any critter on a pasture (or in a resource-rich spot in...
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    Wild Emus at The Lilly Pilly Tree

    The observations of Alpha and Omega were a long time ago. These present observations, of a young clutch, are among the best we've ever had.
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    Wild Emus at The Lilly Pilly Tree

    I am not grumpy, readers, just busy with other stuff. All seven chicks are now bursting into their black-head plumage, and are so tame they'll almost climb into my lap for a few sultanas. SE
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