Huge excitement: David saw and heard one of the rhea booming today. It was non-white toe (he thinks) and it (he) appeared to be standing head and shoulders above the rest, head feathers really pronounced and mouth slightly open… Now rhea start breeding in early spring so is this our first male simply announcing his prescence and establishing his ‘pitch’? We don’t know but are definiyley going to be on the lookout for further displays of ‘maleness’...