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    Wild Emus at The Lilly Pilly Tree

    This is The New Mob a few days ago. We can identify Undersized Emu and Bush. And the other day, one scrawny emu was probably one of the Cheeky Chicks. But we must start again -- it's been pouring rain here -- and figure out who is who.
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    Wild Emus at The Lilly Pilly Tree

    Undersized Emu provided an excellent audit/observation this morning. To begin, her calls are unique. Not the usual ‘strings’ of 6-14 foomphs, but a sort of ‘rolling thunder’ of foomphs. We celebrated the first day of spring by being in the house-clearing at first first light. U.E. had been...
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    Wild Emus at The Lilly Pilly Tree

    Is this already up?
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    Wild Emus at The Lilly Pilly Tree

    'I suspect that feral dogs and foxes would be a threat to the chicks when they are small - but dad would be a threat to those pests too.' Never seen a feral dog out here -- but we have feral cats. Foxes used to be common, but a programme has thinned them right out. But your logic is good.
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    Wild Emus at The Lilly Pilly Tree

    sigh the tiny blob up the track is, I think, the Other Dad
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    Wild Emus at The Lilly Pilly Tree

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    Question about Emu Behavior

    Okay, this is 'Undersized Emu.' You can see her vocal sac -- or you can see the bulge of feathers under which the sac sits. It's not fully inflated. (She's part of a turf war here at this second.) SE
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    Wild Emus at The Lilly Pilly Tree

    The cheeping is from an Insurgent Cheeper (one about six inches high). So Limpy Chick and co. are on the right, and the other Dad is behind the trees
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    Wild Emus at The Lilly Pilly Tree

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    Wild Emus at The Lilly Pilly Tree

    Pandemonium: another Dad with chicks just walked into the house-clearing. Details to follow
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    Wild Emus at The Lilly Pilly Tree

    The Attrition of Emu Chicks There’s one thing we omitted: although our data is frustratingly fragmented, it really does seem that once chicks are about four months old – black heads with full tail plumage – their rate of attrition drops right off. Perhaps the reason is that they’re...
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    Wild Emus at The Lilly Pilly Tree

    'Leaves the "whodunit" factor as a mystery.' Corrrect, Finchbreeder. Yet again, How The Project Works I personally would like very much to know the nature of the attrition. For example, twice in seventeen years, we've found lost emu chicks. Two on one occasion. And one on another. All three...
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    Wild Emus at The Lilly Pilly Tree

    We’ll see how big a discussion this becomes – we’ve not mentioned the losses that Toosh Toosh’s clutch suffered two years ago. But today? We started one month ago with a clutch of ten chicks. ‘Dad Plus’ is under observation only an hour or less a day. They are clearly travelling a fair...
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    Wild Emus at The Lilly Pilly Tree

    We've lost two more chicks. Only seven at roll call this morning. More Notes and photos later today
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    Wild Emus at The Lilly Pilly Tree

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    Question about Emu Behavior

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    Question about Emu Behavior

    Not having Emoo Drama is a lack in your case. If you have plenty of emus -- 15-17 in the house-clearing here yesterday -- you will have breeding-pairs. And if you have breeding-pairs and other random emus (including, quite likely, other breeding-pairs) you will have pairs 'operating' against...
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    Question about Emu Behavior

    We've learned as follows: the sound produced by the female in her vocal sac is unique to her. And likewise being able to see or touch the enlarged vocal sac -- if vocal sac, then female. So here is how you are going to go bonkers, like the rest of us: you listen and listen and listen, and...
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    Question about Emu Behavior

    Deep breath, Panamom. This discussion we've had a gazillion times. Most emoo noises are made by both males and females -- farting and hissing, for example. Note: separating the noises is easier for moi, because I have great context, like being able to watch breeding-pairs, knowing that one is...
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    Wild Emus at The Lilly Pilly Tree

    Lots of blossom. Lots of emus. All nine chicks are well.
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