Pyxis' Emu Chat Thread

[casportpony]

Yeah, that happens after awhile with Google Photos for some reason. Dunno why, I don't know if it's a BYC thing or a Google Photos thing.

It's a bummer. A reason you don't upload to BYC instead?

 

[casportpony]

I wanted to try making you a round avatar.

 

[Pyxis]

It's a bummer. A reason you don't upload to BYC instead?

Laziness, lol. I would have had to download them from Google Photos, then upload them, or get the SD card out of my camera.

Here's my current avatar, from when they were newly hatched, uploaded to BYC. This one won't vanish like the other ones do:

 

[briefvisit]

While going through my Pictures folder:

Found this photo in the archives. I called him 'Dark Male.' He was in orbit for several weeks, and you see how close he came. (It's not impossible that he has been to the farmhouse before.) Fairly sure the female in the fore-ground is Number One.

Anyway, isn't he fine! The wild birds are rarely -- for obvious reasons -- as groomed and glossy looking as your birds. But for a truly wild
emooo, he's a fine fine specimen. He's big, sassy, great toosh plumage, and the solid black on the neck is most unusual.

SE

 

[N F C]

While going through my Pictures folder:

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Found this photo in the archives. I called him 'Dark Male.' He was in orbit for several weeks, and you see how close he came. (It's not impossible that he has been to the farmhouse before.) Fairly sure the female in the fore-ground is Number One.

Anyway, isn't he fine! The wild birds are rarely -- for obvious reasons -- as groomed and glossy looking as your birds. But for a truly wild
emooo, he's a fine fine specimen. He's big, sassy, great toosh plumage, and the solid black on the neck is most unusual.

SE

He's a handsome guy!

 

[rjohns39]

He's a handsome guy!

X2

 

[briefvisit]

So, Old Guy's favourite thing -- because he's clearly nuts -- is walking in the winter rain. Today I went to a pasture that 'comes on' early in autumn/winter. And I found wild horses! Sat down. V. v. quiet. And watched. Then about twenty minutes later, right behind, I heard quiet gurking. Looking carefully around, a wild male emu was quietly cruising past. He was spooked by me, but didn't bolt. Most enjoyable aftneroon.

SE

 

[briefvisit]

Limpychick shared her wheat with a wild male this morning, and then the pair went bush. Watch this space!

SE

 

[briefvisit]

Tooshtoosh -- who is he?

He and Limpychick (female) are the last two of Eric's 'chicks' we have contact with. He went bush about two months ago -- certainly to the south, where the wild emoooz are. And we wondered how he would get on as a 'first-season breeder.'

Well, he turned up yesterday with a fine-looking female in tow. Watch this space.

SE

 

[briefvisit]

Low-key turf war continues. Limpychick lacks the moxy, but she is present. Tooshtoosh's female slides around the clearing, and comes right up to the garden.