Wild Emus at The Lilly Pilly Tree

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Limpy Chick is here. 11 chicks. Photos to follow

 

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17 years.

Originally, Eric brought five clutches over a decade.

Toosh Toosh has brought two.

Limpy Chick opens a new era: only the third of Eric's family to bring his clutch here. Number eight.

L.C. came straight up to me, and ate from my hand.

 

[Finchbreeder]

Fantastic to have ongoing family data.
My Hubby was born in Wagin/Arthur River.
Between Lake Grace and Collie.
But has been 750ish kms north now for the past 60ish yrs.

 

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Bush and Haystack here at dawn. Bush chortling happily.

Limpy Chick here with the chicks -- 10?

 

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Finchbreeder, find Highway 30 on a map of southern Western Australia.

Now, somewhere east-west is the line between woodwardi and rothschildi. And we would like to better understand that.

And 'my side' of Highway 30 is the cold and rainy southernmost district. The 'other side' of Highway 30 is wheat country. Quite different: much much drier, more open.

 

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You can see how good their camoflage is. If the Dad is still, they are not easy to spot.

 

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So, deep breath. We shan't lose our minds with Cute Chick Photos. We will continue our usual work:

Bush and Haystack are here. Will they mate? We suppose they have a few days left in which Bush might disappear.

And the arithmetic of Limpy Chick's incubation? It fits. What we don't know is how many days ago the chicks hatched -- they sure are small. But we'd sure like to know where he hatched, and how much ground he and his chicks have covered, and what they visited on the way.

Take a step back readers: we saw Random Dad with a clutch of very young chicks. We have Limpy Chick and his cheepers. There were a few female vocalisations in the district a week or so ago. And Bush and Haystack are still in the game.

And Undersized Emu and her consort? No sighting of late.

But this is data. We are learning more about when emus mate, and the density of the pairs in any given territory.