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    Female Emu being mean

    Final: lovely photo. The emu in it seems to be in fine condition! (Not like the scraggle-tailed wild birds here.) And: your husband may well be right. If this young female has decided that one of the males is persona non grata -- and particularly if there is 'line of sight', she can see him* --...
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    Female Emu being mean

    This is an old photo. It's Felicity (far left) 'escorting' five or six wild emus off her turf. At this point, she's about 300 yards from the house-clearing. (I followed them from a distance to see how things would pan out.) She was still 'driving them' when I took the photo.
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    Female Emu being mean

    ‘currently about 21 months’ Bingo! They are just young adults now. So, this is wild conjecture – it’s impossible to really know – but something like this: An emu is a young adult about the mid-summer of its second year. You can watch for the very last of its ‘black head’ feathers to...
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    Wild Emus at The Lilly Pilly Tree

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    Wild Emus at The Lilly Pilly Tree

    My Internet is wonky. I will figure this out in a few days. Merry and happy to all. [Limpy Chick and all seven cheepers here at dawn] SE
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    Wild Emus at The Lilly Pilly Tree

    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
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    Wild Emus at The Lilly Pilly Tree

    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...
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    Wild Emus at The Lilly Pilly Tree

    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...
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    Wild Emus at The Lilly Pilly Tree

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    Wild Emus at The Lilly Pilly Tree

    Don't forget Toosh Toosh, the Dad of clutches 6 and 7. We assume he is alive and well. It's two years since he was here with Clutch 6. SE
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    Wild Emus at The Lilly Pilly Tree

    Just over five months now. SE
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    Wild Emus at The Lilly Pilly Tree

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    Emu Egg day 57

    '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.]
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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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