Wild Emus at The Lilly Pilly Tree

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Planet Rothschildi will be off the air for several weeks: noo computer



Visitors here. Observations interrupted.



So, this second:

The Cheeky Chicks – three – rocked through the other day.



And it seems that Offsider has left!



And Undersized Emu and Sandy have likewise not been here for several days.



And a wild pair wandered through the garden at dawn.



SE

 

[AntiqueB]

Cheeky Chicks are still together?!?

Do you think Limpy Chick is incubating somewhere?

Hope all is ok with you!

 

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https://vimeo.com/1089419161/9bc2b543f0?ts=0&share=copy

Mustangs at dawn

 

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'Cheeky Chicks are still together?!? Do you think Limpy Chick is incubating somewhere?

Hope all is ok with you!'

All was quite for two days, but we're back in business this morning. All four of The Cheeky Chicks were here, but fled when the mustangs appeared. All emus do likewise.

Here first up is the four Cheeky Chicks:


https://vimeo.com/1089420249/f25255847b?ts=0&share=copy

 

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Start with a good look at the two on the right. See how very different their toosh plumage is?

At this moment (as Supreme Emu was kneeling on the cold damp ground . . . ), a male was heard just off stage. We sat waiting to get a photo, but the everyone fled because . . . horses.

 

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'Do you think Limpy Chick is incubating somewhere?'

Yes. However, this is a conjecture -- welcome to Planet Rothschildi!

We learn by making wild guesses, then continue our observations until our theory makes sense or is dropped.

So, the male of a long-established breeding-pair disappears ten days after an observed mating? Notwithstanding the wrong timing, an assumption that he's incubating is a good one.

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[Finchbreeder]

It is wonderful that you have made such a complete observation of your local Emu's for a continuous period.
This kind of observation is way beyond what even trained Environmental Scientists with their - bi anuall or quarterly observe and report arrangements can do. If there is ever a move to do anything possibly user unfriendly in your neighbourhood, you should volunteer your observations to be used against such a thing.

 

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Hey, Finchbreeder! Welcome.

'Planet Rothschildi' began its eighteenth year just weeks ago -- the first post here was, I think, 2010. And a note, it's not random emus, it's the same family. We have traced Eric the Emu's chicks through five clutches (up until his death) and to his grandkids.

And although no one except actual readers/emu breeders have paid the slightest attention, our project has revealed a wide range of data missing from 'the literature.'

Supreme Emu

 

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https://vimeo.com/1089425176/a8b0579075?ts=0&share=copy

These toosh-less cuties are the second clutch of 'Toosh Toosh,' one of Eric the Emu's fifth (last) clutch.

And the simple fact is that we would never have had a chance to observe them -- that is, at such close quarters -- if Toosh Toosh wasn't a tame-wild emu. And Toosh Toosh was tame because in 2008 we tamed Eric.

Seven clutches -- five of Eric's and two of Toosh Toosh's

Seventeen seasons of observing foraging at the fig and plum and Lilly Pilly trees.

Just passed 6,500 days of observations.