This week's WBW is brought to you by the number 378 and the letter Emu!
It's been really busy here: work, family birthdays, too much cake (if such a thing is possible) and other time consuming events!
So, for this week, here is an Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) having a breakfast of nice yellow flowers in the Alice Springs Desert Park.
It's been really busy here: work, family birthdays, too much cake (if such a thing is possible) and other time consuming events!
So, for this week, here is an Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) having a breakfast of nice yellow flowers in the Alice Springs Desert Park.
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Such a curious looking bird! Love it!
ReplyDeleteHari Om
ReplyDeleteCan't go wrong with an Emu in yer lens!!! YAM xx
Great images ! I thought it no longer existed in nature?
ReplyDeleteYou ard lucky !
What beautiful photos!
ReplyDeleteLovely pictures of the Emu having a breakfast :-))
ReplyDeleteThe Emu is almost smiling as if really enjoying the flowers.
ReplyDeleteI saw this bird at Tidbinbilla near Canberra, where there were both wild and captive species, and I was never quite sure whether the two birds I encountered were wild. Maybe I will come across them again next year and have the assurance that I did meet up with wild creatures.
ReplyDeleteWonderful pictures. Interesting ear coloring... I have no birdies to share this week....and no, there is no such thing as too much cake..LOL
ReplyDeleteGreat series! It's wild to me to imagine finding a bird that large in the wild. We have nothing like it here in North America!
ReplyDeleteNo link to post but want to say I spent the last few days at Jekyll Island, Georgia for the Georgia Ornithological Society conference and was reminded why I moved from the coast to the mountains! It was good to see the shore birds and water birds again, though. Our guest speaker was Kenn Kaufman and he was a delight.
ReplyDeleteAwww - wonderful shots!
ReplyDeleteLovely and a bit funny...!
ReplyDeleteCheers!
mmmm nom nom
ReplyDeleteOkay Stewart, this is pretty funny because I just sent a pic of an Emu (that I took in Canada by the way) to my sister instead of a turkey photo for our Thanksgiving Day here.
ReplyDeleteIt lives near her in the province of British Columbia and has for years.. all alone on a little farm. I don't know how old they get, but this guy is quite elderly I suspect. Everybody in the area knows about him/her... and I'm assuming they have an enclosure heated for it in the cold winter months ..cuz it gets pretty darned cold around those parts. It can go down to -30C and worse on occasion.
I like to do crossword puzzles, and Emu shows up quite often.
ReplyDeleteNow whenever I write Emu in the crossword spaces, I will think of your wonderful photos!
Thanks for hosting Wild Bird Wednesday!
Thanks for the close look Stewart
ReplyDeleteThat's a cool bird!
ReplyDeleteI cannot imagine seeing one in their natural environment...I have only seen them in captivity...:)jp
ReplyDeleteI was surprised by the colour of the feathers on the emu in the Desert Park when we visited in August, so different to our south west emu colour.
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