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    Wild Emus at The Lilly Pilly Tree

    This photo is an insight into The Project. The tame-wild birds -- like Undersized Emu -- come and go seamlessly with the fully wild birds. Several days ago, we audited at dawn. Two females were vocal. One we knew was U.E. We expected her to come out for breakfast. But she didn't -- and there's...
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    Wild Emus at The Lilly Pilly Tree

    Random wild horse photo
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    Wild Emus at The Lilly Pilly Tree

    Catch-Up Notes Emu chicks start developing ‘black head’ plumage at about one season – twelve weeks. That is a fortnight from now. Feel free to laugh. I've been peering at their tooshes and the tops of their necks. It's the top of the necks where you usually see the first signs: tiny black pin...
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    Our newest adventure, EMU's!

    Lovely photos! I am here, posting occasionally on the Lilly Pilly thread. [Limpy Chick and his clutch here now, and Undersized Emu, and one random male.] SE
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    Our newest adventure, EMU's!

    'So 2.5 years of age.' We are both learning. So, these two birds are physically mature, which brings us back to discussions of how the forming of breeding-pairs works in accordance with . . . lots of different factors. SE
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    Wild Emus at The Lilly Pilly Tree

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    Our newest adventure, EMU's!

    I will be back later. Off to the garden. Limpy Chick and his clutch will likely be here shortly. SE
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    Our newest adventure, EMU's!

    'Is the dancing related to a mating ritual or just normal behavior?' I think some Youtubers like to post dancing as 'mating dances,' but no. Emus just love to dance, mostly at dawn, and mostly the chicks. It is one of the great delights of observing, to see pint-size emus dancing crazily in...
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    Our newest adventure, EMU's!

    'Cool, I'll mark March 21st down in my calendar.' September. And a further note about north/south: The three sub-species of emu have habitats that span amazing areas. I am in the bottom-left-hand corner of Western Australia -- rothschildi territory. But think about it, for example, in respect...
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    Our newest adventure, EMU's!

    And if you look closely, you can see mud in their tails. They've been drinking down at the dam. SE
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    Our newest adventure, EMU's!

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    Our newest adventure, EMU's!

    ' So, is there a sign of maturity in emu plumage?' To begin: the oddity: sometimes a Dad parents his clutch way into the second year, which makes his 'chicks' technically adult for a brief period at the end. But your question: emoos go through three plumages until they reach adulthood. The...
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    Our newest adventure, EMU's!

    'Translating northern and southern hemispheres bends my mind a bit. We recognize that all birds birthday is January 1st.' Wonderful! I have invented the first day of spring as Emu Birthday
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    Our newest adventure, EMU's!

    Just For Fun What they call 'zoomies,' we call dancing. These two wild Rothschildis are in my garden
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    Our newest adventure, EMU's!

    THe photo above is Limpy Chick and eight chicks. We've since lost one. [My uploads been wonky] SE
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    Our newest adventure, EMU's!

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    Our newest adventure, EMU's!

    'It was like he wanted to be with her but he was frightened of her.' Additional Thought: it is the case in the wild that 'potential consorts' come and go. Indeed, observing these 'newbies' -- who turn up trailing tame-wild Planet Rothschildi birds -- has been a great source of data. In the...
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    Our newest adventure, EMU's!

    'The next day, the male, Limu, kept jumping out the the paddock and would pace the fence wanting back in but every time we put him back in he would freak out and hop out.' There is great wisdom in admitting what you don't know, KsKingBee. I got nothin'! I have no idea how to interpret this...
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    Our newest adventure, EMU's!

    'Mumu, was being 'hormonal'' Ok.
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    Our newest adventure, EMU's!

    'their first breeding season' We (I) got a Big Theory about adulthood in emus. The data you'll find on the Net, from sources like emu farms, suggests that actual physical maturity -- about 18 months -- and the beginning of breeding go together. My experience suggests something else: that an...
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