Wild Emus at The Lilly Pilly Tree

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This chick, you see, has a tiny remnant of its baby 'mottled-head' plumage

 

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The chick in the photo above is here on the right. The chick that wanders up to drink in the middle? You see that it has a full head of black pin feathers

 

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Here is the far end of one of the chicks. You can see how fast their toosh plumage is growing.

 

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Here is the same tooshes just weeks ago

 

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Just over five months now.

SE

 

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It looks to have been another good year for Emu's.

 

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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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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 into your lap for sultanas.

Noticeably independent. From the first time you see a clutch, you can observe them steadily becoming gamer, wandering further from Dad until they cheep, and run back.

SE