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Submitted: Sunday, Nov 08, 2009 at 21:48

Curlynan

Last week we were in the Flinders Ranges and were very lucky to see a White Emu Chick. All the other chicks were the brown/grey just like the mother. Never new that white emus existed. Is it a freak of nature or more common than I think? Have seen many many Emus in our travels over the years and this is a first. Would love to hear from others. Yes we got quite a few fabulous shots of the bird on the run, very clear and close up thanks to our SLR digital Camera.
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AnswerID: 390550   Submitted: Sunday, Nov 08, 2009 at 22:19

Outnabout.. replied:

I must admit I never new there were white emus either until earler this year when up near the riverland. Thought I was seeing things and said nothing until I heard the wife telling someone about it at the campfire that night. We both saw it so they must exist but I have yet to come across anyone else that has seen one until now.
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AnswerID: 390559   Submitted: Monday, Nov 09, 2009 at 06:36

Member - Mick O (VIC) replied:

Would love to see the photos. We spotted an adult bird in trhe Hattah-Kulkyne last year. He was a dirty white but an albino none the less. Will try and dig up the photos.

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AnswerID: 390562   Submitted: Monday, Nov 09, 2009 at 06:51

Member - Stephen L (Clare SA) replied:

Hi Curlynan
That would have been a great see. you will have to share your photos with us all here on the forum. I have seen wild white roos, there is even one seen every now and then east of Clare, but I have never seen a white emu.

Well done.

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FollowupID: 658355   Submitted: Monday, Nov 09, 2009 at 08:22

Curlynan posted:

I hope this link works:

White emu chicks

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FollowupID: 658375   Submitted: Monday, Nov 09, 2009 at 13:24

Member - Stephen L (Clare SA) posted:

Hi Mish,
Thank goodness you had the camera with you, it is a very different emu for sure.
What area were you in when you took those great pictures?, as we returned recently from 10 days up there. It is one place we never get sick of touring around, even though we have been there countless time, well before that black stuff to Wilpena and Blinman. It must have been a good season for emu chicks, as we spotted them all over the Flinders. One large group could be seen around Dingley Dell every day.

Great Pictures.

Thanks for sharing

Cheers.
Stephen

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AnswerID: 390568   Submitted: Monday, Nov 09, 2009 at 08:25

Dave B ( BHQ NSW) replied:

I have seen an albino 'big red' in the Flinders, about a 6 footer, but never an albino emu.

Who says it is boring travelling through the outback?

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AnswerID: 390589   Submitted: Monday, Nov 09, 2009 at 11:39

Geoff (Newcastle, NSW) replied:


Useless piece of information, the adult bird you see with the chicks is Dad.

Mum has long gone, emu chicks are raised by the male bird.

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FollowupID: 658469   Submitted: Monday, Nov 09, 2009 at 22:10

Member -Paintar posted:

Geoff,
tell me with emu will mum get to keep the house, car and cash???

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FollowupID: 658552   Submitted: Tuesday, Nov 10, 2009 at 12:56

Geoff (Newcastle, NSW) posted:


Dad definitely gets to keep the house as that's where he hatches the youngun's.

Good point on the rest, I don't know that one!

Geoff


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AnswerID: 390602   Submitted: Monday, Nov 09, 2009 at 13:35

Member - daz (SA) replied:

That would have been the father.

The hen lays the eggs & Dad hatches & raises the chicks.

Mum leaves Dad to it.

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FollowupID: 658390   Submitted: Monday, Nov 09, 2009 at 15:48

Member - Wim (Qld) posted:

daz.

We were recently at Willie Station on the Macquarie marshes.
It is a wildlife reserve.
They have documented "both" Emu parents sitting on the eggs.
First I had heard of it but apparently true.
Many Emu's in that part of the world this season but did not see any white ones.

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AnswerID: 390750   Submitted: Tuesday, Nov 10, 2009 at 13:33

D-Jack replied:

Good colour for the Australian climate!
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