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southern cassowary

  1. Southern Cassowary

    Southern Cassowary

    Southern Cassowary. Photo taken at Cassowary House.
  2. Southern Cassowary

    Southern Cassowary

    The other big Oz bird with a shaggy feather coat. But just look at the thickness of those legs.
  3. Southern Cassowary

    Southern Cassowary

  4. Southern Cassowary

    Southern Cassowary

  5. female cassowary

    female cassowary

    What a weird, wonderful and huge bird. The southern cassowary is found in Australia and New Guinea. Not a lot of them left in Aussie and all in a small part of Northern Queensland. A rainforest bird, flightless, fruit eater, territorial and can be aggressive. Not the greatest photo but it...
  6. Southern Cassowary Adult with Juvenile AUSLA SER

    Southern Cassowary Adult with Juvenile AUSLA SER

    This adult, probably a male (comments anyone?) because it is the sex that is said to raise the young, had three juveniles with it. The owners of the Cassowary House put fruit out at the edge of the forest behind the House to attract this and other creatures. Under the dark conditions, it was...
  7. Southern Cassowary Australian Range

    Southern Cassowary Australian Range

    Southern Cassowary Australian Range Map I made.
  8. SOUTHERN CASSOWARY

    SOUTHERN CASSOWARY

  9. Australia's heaviest bird

    Australia's heaviest bird

    Southern Cassowary
  10. Cassowary

    Cassowary

    Taken about two years ago in the north of Australia.
  11. Almost eye to eye

    Almost eye to eye

  12. Not many of these to a pound

    Not many of these to a pound

    Not totally sharp but might have to wait a lifetime to see a wild one again so close.
  13. Southern Cassowary

    Southern Cassowary

    Male birds incubate the eggs and raise the young.Seen here is a male Southern Cassowary with one chick,foraging for fallen fruit at the rainforest edge.
  14. Southern Cassowary

    Southern Cassowary

    These two came out of the forest to get some fruit.
  15. Me and a hungry friend

    Me and a hungry friend

    photo taken to show the size of the bird,(Im 1,87m tall).
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