oomoo
This is our emu oomoo, we lost his sister last year in a terrible accident. very distressing for us, he didnt seem to notice!
the last picture i posted of oomoo and tomtom he was a week old and so very cute, he’s a little rough around the edges these days but i just love ‘im!
forgot to mention before, this was him hanging around our back door trying to get in for breakfast!
christopher
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Virginia Maguire
How could you not. Great capture!
Christopher Bi... replied
he’s such ‘the big chicken!’ thanks virginia, glad you can see through the rough too! :))
Fern Design
aww love those eyes..
Christopher Bi... replied
isnt he gorgeous! he is as zany as he looks! your right about the eyes, if the eyes are the window to the soul, oomoo’s got a big one! :)))
Maximus
glad you love him, stupid birds Emus… Thou livest in a small spot I looked up Mylor. :)
Christopher Bi... replied
LMAO yes kind of kindrid to chickens with Deinonychus is how i see him oh and a tribal drum stuck in his throat!
butchart
i want one….......................b
Christopher Bi... replied
every one should have at least 1 bu!
JimFilmer
Look at that eye, that menacing eye…one day he’s gonna kick down that back door and get his own breakfast… and no-one will be able to stop him
Christopher Bi... replied
LMAO yes!!!! every now and then he gets spooked and puffs himself up, its funny andrew is sh^# scared of him at times like that. I just turn and look him straight in that big menacing eye and he stands down lol… generally he is just a great big inquisitive chicken (with extra long legs) ... :))
handprintz
Such a unique pet ! and a great close up C ,and l think a wonderful friend to share breaky with !! xot
Christopher Bi... replied
he is a great pet t, very independent we accidently let him in the same area as the alpacas the other week, he ran up to them to hang out, he wasnt in attack mode or anything just wanted to be friends, those alpacas bolted! it was so funny to watch. thanks for the encouragement, i was really happy with the clarity and closeness of this one, he’s usually scared of cameras…xx
JimFilmer
as an example Christopher….
Christopher Bi... replied
thanks jim i read your bm before checking the comments, am going to have a crack at it shortly.. :)
Christopher Bi... replied
lets see if this works
Christopher Bi... replied
lol sort of…
Smudger
wonderful work – love it – steve *-))
Christopher Bi... replied
thanks steve appreciate you stopping by.. :)
poupoune
So cute when they’re babies!!!
That beak would need some clean up before you can share breakkie with us!!!
Christopher Bi... replied
can you believe he was that cute as a chick
?!? i loved this shot because of all that beak hairy messy stuff, it makes me think what the heck was he doing? where was he exploring before i saw him that morning? .... :)))))
gerrardt
This is fantastic…
Christopher Bi... replied
thanks gerrardt – he’s my boy! glad you like it :)))
Joy Danen
Oh Chris what adorable captures! I love the names you’ve given them :-))) and the story that goes along! You’ve got oomoo looking directly into your lens! Your garden must be huge!
Christopher Bi... replied
hi joy we have 3 acres here in the adelaide hills, its a great place, but we had the 2 of them when we lived in suburbia – i dont know what we were thinking LMAO! really glad you like the shots, he is a real bonus for us living here. :))))
Joy Danen
3 acres! WOW! How absolutely wonderful!!! Bet you don’t have to go anywhere else – I love OZ!
Antanas
great photo
Christopher Bi... replied
thank you antanas, appreciate you stopping by… :)))
aspectsoftmk
i love your children….::)) oomoo is beautiful….xx
Christopher Bi... replied
thanks terri, glad you like him, he is a great addition to our family :)) xx
gerrardt
He really looks happy in this photo…Great smile and expressive eyes. I’ll bet he has a wonderful personality.
Christopher Bi...
i agree gerrardt that eye is amazing, zany would be my descriptor for his personality :))
tkrosevear
OHHHH, those eyes are so intense with such awesome bird wisdom ;) xoxox
Christopher Bi... replied
thank you tk, he is an amazing bird, you are so right his eyes are very intense… :))) xxxxx
meltaylor
Must be really cool to have one of these around!!
Wonderful shot!!
Mel
Christopher Bi... replied
masquerades in the day as mild mannered oomoo at night he fights crime as ‘super chook’ – yep he is a real character, maybe not quite super, but he is a cool chook! :)))
CazzieCreations
what an aweful shot Christopher… so whats he like for brekky lol :) xxxxxxxxxxxx
Christopher Bi... replied
thank you LMAO :))))) the best comment he’s received yet! a part from sir maximus LOL>... yep ugly brute isnt he …..love you….xxxx
Ellen
A very beautiful portrait :)
Christopher Bi... replied
thanks ellen, oomoo was a great addition to our family… :)) xx
Jonicool
Adorable :)
Christopher Bi... replied
thank you jonicool oomoo is a very big personality or should that be birdonality?
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:)))
david campbell
fantastic shot
Christopher Bi... replied
thank you david, oomoo is pleased you like his pose! :))
dinghysailor1
i love him to bits and looks like a dino too… like deinonychus in fact…a great closeup with fabulous character!!!
Christopher Bi... replied
hi dinghysailor1 glad you like my dino friend he is so rough around the edges, but all that hairy stuff around his beak is just pure character i say :)))) thank you for your encouragement :)))
Gethin
great close up!
Christopher Bi... replied
thank lol i was practising my emu whispering! ya gotta love the hairy beak bit?
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twindragon
What an amazing image, the hair-like feathers, the menace of the red eye and that incredible beak, a face that swings from the comical to the satanic verging on the primeval. Oomoo face brought back to me my memories of my first encounter with emus. I was working on a cattle station in the far north west of Queensland up in the Gulf country. One of the boys told me they were extremely curious and how the indigenous people hunted them. One morning I got up to discover a mob of them in the paddock just behind the homestead paddock. I approached them walking on my knees, they have less fear of things smaller then them, waving my arms around and throwing my hat in the air and catching it. I then flopped down on my back to see if this method of approaching a mob of emus worked. Sure enough it did and they surrounded me. Looking at Oomoo’s face brings back the memory of the old man standing over me and pecking me on the forehead. This was the point where I was supposed to leap up with my spear or killing boomerang and get one for my tea. Not only didn’t I have a spear or killing boomerang but I never had any intention of ever killing one of these magnificent birds and suddenly realized I’d just done something incredibly stupid. Although the chicks were almost fully-grown an emu is very protective of it’s young and can get quite aggressive and dangerous if it feels you are threatening them. I stood up slowly and they backed off. I then yelled at them to bugger off in no uncertain terms and fortunately they listened to me. Thankyou for your image and the memories it brought flooding back.
Christopher Bi... replied
hey mr dragon thanks for taking the time to tell me your story, they are such amazing creatures. primeval i agree, he is kind of like a dinosaur which didnt get to far into this evolution caper! having lived with one, i cant imagine laying on the ground in between them that just sounds too scary. glad you liked this image, its one of my favorite of him. :))
twindragon
It was quite terrifying mate. I just wanted to get closer to them to have a better look at them. I didn’t expect this method of getting close to emus would be as affective as it was LOL. My name’s Mike by the way.
Mammalia
looks like he was ready for his close up haha, great shot!
Christopher Bi... replied
lol thanks yes mr de’vile …. glad you liked this one :))
acs565
A face that a mother could only love great shot
Christopher Bi... replied
thank you bob, he is a wonderful creature :))
TracyD
Must have missed this Christopher, it nice to see Oomoo all grown up!!LOL He certainly knows where his breads butter!! Great fun capture C! Txx
Christopher Bi... replied
thanks he appreciates compliments on his good looks! glad you like it :)))
Steven Guy
lol, now thats what I call a pet.
Sorry to hear about his sister. cheers Steve
Christopher Bi... replied
thanks oomoo (so named after the shiraz) is a great crazy family member, of course you always have to watch your back because he is a native bird that isnt domesticated. but such an awesome creature to watch and interact with. glad you like this image :))))
SaRaHKnOwDoG
What a fantastic creature !!!!! Awww, he is wonderful. Love that eye ! and that beaky grin !?? Which one is he in the baby pic ? : ] On the Left ??
Great shots Chris x
Soooo what is it you do with yr emus ? You breed them ?
Christopher Bi...
lol Miss S.K.DoG i have no idea which was which, we would have loved to breed them and get some eggs for Andrew to carve, but to get a mate for oomoo, well emu gals are pretty picky! if the male doesnt weigh enough – thats it, romance over! and the fighting begins. so we have to really know what we are doing. glad you like him, i happen to think he is gorgeous :))))
rain-dogs
brilliant portrait shot they are such characters…I knew an emu called percy who not only stuck his head in a can of green paint but also in the furnace +melted his beak together and the owner had to saw it open he looked like a right mutant deformed and green…would scare the kids bigtime as he lived in a tourist park….......cheers
Christopher Bi... replied
that is a horrible story jef but i find myself lmao at the thought of this scary beast of a chicken chasing down tourists as they try and photograph him! they are such inquisitive delicate creatures though. delicate in the sense that they damage easily because like percy , oomoo gets himself into all sorts of crazy predicaments. we have to keep him separated from the alpacas so they dont kick him and break his legs too.
H M Bascom
Well, all babies are cute. LOL Just kidding! He’s gorgeous just the way he is! I’m glad to hear that he is grown and healthy! Thank you for the update, now give that emu some breakfast!
Christopher Bi... replied
thanks helen, he’s tucked himself into his nest at the moment off to sleep. glad you can see his beauty! a parent’s got to see beyond a hairy beak!!! lol… :))
paperbag
wow those eyes are great! your description really adds to the character of the emu..and it also looks like he has big bushy eyebrows haha
Christopher Bi...
thank you mr bag, he is certainly a character, he escaped last week and took himself for a walk along the hysen trail, to our neighbours about 1.2 km away. but that is a whole other story involving getting an emu into the boot of a hatchback for the ride home. thanks for stopping by :)