Keith Stockwell wrote:
Hi all,
Last Sunday, 18th February, a skipper of the MV Kingfisher (John), and his
passengers, observed an emu swimming across The Narrows ('Barmah Choke') of
the Murray River in the Barmah-Millewa Forest.
A few months ago, the boat's owner/skipper (Benita), observed a male emu
and several chicks swim across The Narrows.
There are many emus in the forest.
Keith Stockwell,
Moama (southern Riverina NSW)
Several years ago we observed two emus swimming across the Glenelg river
near Nelson in the far SW of Victoria. We were on a river cruise boat at
the time and the captain commented to the passengers that in over 25
years of conducting three or four cruises per week he had never seen
this before.
I reported this incident on Birding-Aus at the time and several people
replied to say that this was relatively common along the River Murray
and elsewhere.
--
Trevor Hampel
Murray Bridge
South Australia
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