Wild Emus at The Lilly Pilly Tree

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Waterproof feather pyjamas

 

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Just sitting there, in a puddle, in the rain. It must be nice!!

I wouldn't mind feather pajamas in winter, but summer'd be hard.

 

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'summer'd be hard.'

When it gets to about 90 (old scale), they start panting, and sometimes hold their little wings out to their sides.

There's no doubt that the heat knocks them around.

 

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At dusk, Limpy Chick and Offsider and Undersized Emu were having their peck of wheat when we heard a female call right on the edge of the clearing.



Some minutes later – deep deep dusk (and cold) at this point – a wild emu, surely her, walked past me about 20 feet away. The three home-team birds seemed entirely uninterested in tackling her. They just sorta stared off into space like they’d farted in church.



So, three females present overnight; but I didn’t hear much vocalizing.



This morning, at (cold) first light, a pair, certainly including the one from last night, was grazing in the house-clearing with the home team.