Wild Emus at The Lilly Pilly Tree

[AntiqueB]

Will an adult female emu claim territory before she has a mate?

 

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'Will an adult female emu claim territory before she has a mate?'

Good question, Antique. Prolly no. All this 'Darwinian stuff' makes the most sense if looked at as an 'equation' of risk and investment of energy. If a female has a consort, then conflict makes sense. If she doesn't, well, she might get into a wrangle here and there; but getting into any serious disputes makes no sense.

 

[Finnie]

[Years ago, we used a tool called ‘Flash Earth,’ I think, to show the house-clearing. It shows aerial photographs not maps, and you could get amazing detail of things like dams and pastures.]

I can get sat photos on my iPhone map.

This is zoomed in as far as possible.

Of course, I don’t know just where to zoom in for what you want to see.

 

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https://www.google.com/maps/@-34.49...try=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDQxNC4xIKXMDSoASAFQAw==

 

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Down and right from the Cobertup Reserve you'll find 'Neeranup Road.' That's a landmark. Just opposite Neeranup -- on the north side -- is a track down to a house-clearing. That's me.

 

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What you might first look to get is a sense of the wild emus being 'in orbit' in some area.

You can see tracks, the level of water in dams, the pastures.

Let your mind run riot, readers. One of the most basic 'disconnects' over the years has been pet-emu owners not really having a sense of how big Emu World is. You can sit with binoculars, and watch emus (who have penetrated a fence to get into a paddock) grazing on a pasture of 1-200 acres.

They may toddle off to another pasture a quarter or a half a mile away. Then down to the dam for a drink and a swim.

Then later, into an area of bush to roost.

 

[AntiqueB]

Do the emus use the basins scattered around, I assume for irrigation?

I did find Emu Point!

The smallish trails are from animals?

 

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'Basins,' Antique?

And Emu Point. Yes. It has a lovely cafe.

And animal trails? Oh yes. Kangaroos and emus and sometimes brumbies use tracks through the bush. I shall get you a photo or two.

You sometimes find feathers on fences where the tracks cross the fences.

 

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https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/mating-season-in-australia.641934/page-17

 

[AntiqueB]

These! They are water?