White Emu
Submitted: Sunday, Nov 08, 2009 at 22:48
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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.
Reply By: Outnabout.. - Sunday, Nov 08, 2009 at 23:19
Sunday, Nov 08, 2009 at 23:19
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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Reply By: Member - Mick O (VIC) - Monday, Nov 09, 2009 at 07:36
Monday, Nov 09, 2009 at 07:36
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.
Cheers Mick
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Reply By: Member - Stephen L (Clare SA) - Monday, Nov 09, 2009 at 07:51
Monday, Nov 09, 2009 at 07:51
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.
Cheers
Stephen
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Follow Up By: Curlynan - Monday, Nov 09, 2009 at 09:22
Monday, Nov 09, 2009 at 09:22
I hope this link works:
White emu chicks
Mish
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Follow Up By: Member - Stephen L (Clare SA) - Monday, Nov 09, 2009 at 14:24
Monday, Nov 09, 2009 at 14:24
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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Reply By: Dave B ( BHQ NSW) - Monday, Nov 09, 2009 at 09:25
Monday, Nov 09, 2009 at 09:25
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?
Dave
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Reply By: Geoff (Newcastle, NSW) - Monday, Nov 09, 2009 at 12:39
Monday, Nov 09, 2009 at 12:39
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.
Geoff
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Follow Up By: Member -Paintar - Monday, Nov 09, 2009 at 23:10
Monday, Nov 09, 2009 at 23:10
Geoff,
tell me with emu will mum get to keep the house, car and cash???
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Follow Up By: Geoff (Newcastle, NSW) - Tuesday, Nov 10, 2009 at 13:56
Tuesday, Nov 10, 2009 at 13:56
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!
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Reply By: Member - daz (SA) - Monday, Nov 09, 2009 at 14:35
Monday, Nov 09, 2009 at 14:35
That would have been the father.
The hen lays the eggs & Dad hatches & raises the chicks.
Mum leaves Dad to it.
Daz
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Follow Up By: Member - Wim (Qld) - Monday, Nov 09, 2009 at 16:48
Monday, Nov 09, 2009 at 16:48
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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Reply By: D-Jack - Tuesday, Nov 10, 2009 at 14:33
Tuesday, Nov 10, 2009 at 14:33
Good colour for the Australian climate!
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