Wild Emus at The Lilly Pilly Tree

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All well here. Undersized Emu is her charming and idiosyncratic self. There's another 'new' bird I can't place yet. And Limpy Chick turns up every day or second day. Still seven chicks.

Spring is just wonderful.

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Glad to hear the 7 chicks are all doing well.

 

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They are two months old today. In a month, they will enter the 'black head' stage.

 

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This is Undersized Emu.

Undersized Emu is quite the character. She’s the only wild bird in a decade to eat from my hand, and she runs towards me in the hope of a bit of wheat.

Her enthusiastic vocalisations have given us some simple data on how emus roost, as she vocalizes very late, then goes into the bush, and continues vocalizing; and very early, so you can hear her vocalizing while still at her roost, then see her appear, to vocalise in the house-clearing.

She luuurvs to big up, and strut sideways about the place . . . even if the nearest emu is 80 yards away. And she luurvs to vocalise enthusiastically while backing away from emus she can’t whoop.

 

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This is baby dinosaur fluffy bum: