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I'd forgotten about this. It's a clip of two tame-wild emus dancing wildly about in the house-clearing here: SE

The ‘Planet Rothschildi’ project has a sort of ‘fluidity.’ For example, Tooshtoosh brought his first clutch here three years ago. The last of those chicks, now a young adult female, was here this morning. Now, Tooshtoosh has been away since last autumn; and this is where the fluidity comes in...

Lots to discuss here.

Emus have great names -- like 'Mr Moo'! Post your favourite emu name here. But a little note: in the video, the speaker says, 'You're squashing the chick.' Well, no. Dad sits with his toosh just cocked a little in the air. This creates a warm dry little room, and over the days of the hatch...

We have never had a chance to observe a clutch of chicks in its second year – long story. Here’s a brief time-line: first, after Dad left the clutch – mid-winter – we learned that clutches stay together after Dad leaves. Some time later, we figured out that certain groups of emus I had seen...

As fast as I can type Tooshtoosh abandoned his clutch of five chicks mid-last-winter. That was 8 months ago. We have lost one chick. The remaining four are of interest to us because it's the first time ever we've observed a 'clutch' -- we didn't know that abandoned chicks stay a clutch -- in...

So, an Update: about 6-8 weeks ago, three 'chicks' came several times to the house-clearing. I wondered if they, like the four of Tooshtoosh's chicks who are still here, were a clutch of chicks still together at 16 months. I got good observations of the three visitors: definitely not mature...

What fun! This is the first clutch -- 2009. See the plate? Still using it today. So, 'Supreme Emu' -- me -- has been studying Rothschildi emus -- South West Western Australia -- since May, 2008. 'Notes from the Homeland' were posted here in maybe 2010. The observations covered, at times...

There’s a clutch of four ‘chicks’ – 17 months old, Tooshtoosh’s clutch – still here. They’ve remained a coherent group in the six months since abandonment. And several times in the last two months, a group of three wild emus has entered the house-clearing to sneak a bit of wheat with my chicks...

The first time I saw this, I was puzzled. And I’ve only seen it a half a dozen times. But one time – Eric with a clutch in tow – there was no mistaking the behavior. So, what? It seems, in the same way that a dog will roll belly up to express submission, that emus express submission by simply...

For those of you who are new, ‘Planet Rothschildi’ is a wild-emu-observation project nearing the 5,000-day mark. The project has consisted, with the help of BYC members, of assembling 'bigger pictures' from lots and lots and lots of observations. So here is an insight that we only managed...

I feel bad: been busy, and some unfortunate problems here. (And my Fortress of Emu Solitude is at this very second being logged.) But today is Emu Birthday. It's my own invention -- 'cause wild emus are hatching plus-minus today. The chicks here are one today. And all across the continent...

There's a patch of hard bare earth beyond the garden. Tooshtoosh and his clutch often go there after their breakfast. And I've figured out why: they're eating stones. The rain washes the dirt from the stones in this little spot, leaving a nice little patch of yummy yummy stones. SE

For some months, I've been puzzled as to why Dad and the Gang of Five go down, day after day, to peck at this particular bit of ground. These guys roam all over. The house-clearing is a big as a Walmart car park -- so why this tiny patch of ground? SE

Okay, the video is rubbish -- I can only ever get about a ten-second clip uploaded. So, what you're seeing is the return of Limpychick and her new consort, their first stand-off against Tooshtoosh and The Gang of Five, now eight-month-olds. I've watched for this particular behaviour for a long...

Got emu chicks? Try this . . . So, I found a Youtube of a Dad cassowary and two mid-sized chicks wandering in a backyard. And at one point, one chick gets 'lost' and calls -- distress call -- for its Dad. This morning, I went out to where Tooshtoosh and the Gang of Five were sitting, and played...

For those of you who don't know: 'Planet Rothschildi' is a wild-emu-observation project now in its thirteenth year. But we thought that the thread was broken because the only male known to us -- 'Tooshtoosh' -- was somewhere in the bush. But today he showed up with his first ever clutch: five...

Been busy. Felicity Emu, tamed here as a chick in 2008-9, has turned up after a four-and-a-half year absence. I'd long assumed that she and her two clutchmates -- 'Number One' and the legendary Greedy Emu -- were dead. Limpy Chick drove her off. But a couple of times I snuck out into the gums...

I have had this cheeky thing in mind for years. As I've noted, much of female vocalisation is territorial. So any emus not in an environment with emus in all directions is perhaps less likely to vocalise. We've had so much trouble with: 'Are my (captive) emus male or female?!' Okay, so here's...