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Cassowary up-date

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Subject: Cassowary up-date
From: Phil Gregory <>
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 09:59:12 +1000
Just a quick up-date on the Cassowary situation here at Cassowary House, Kuranda, Far N Queensland. It has been an unusual year as since the male evicted the 3 chicks in late June (after 8 months), they have been in the area- normally they are driven off with much aggression, but this year he seemed to go into breeding mode very quickly and was himself away soon after the split.    Sue Gregory saw the male and female mating by the veranda on 24 July, and he was gone immediately thereafter.
    This has meant that when he vanished to go nesting,  they were still about. Two of them hung together for weeks, but the third split off after a fortnight or so of squabbling with these two. By October we had the birds singly, with two individuals on Tuesday this week. The big female turns up most days too, so it has been a good year for sightings of them here, and we anticipate the return of the male, hopefully with his new chicks, in the next month or so.
Good birding
Phil Gregory
www.cassowary-house.com.au
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