Sunday 3rd November 2019. 1255 – 1400

No rain. Scattered cloud. Light but cool breeze. Track remains dry.

Thomas and I on Patrol today and nothing startling to report. First sighting of the day was an Emerald Dove on the way down hill to the Memorial Bench followed by a large Eastern Water Dragon on the other side of the track. A pair of Spangled Drongos were taking water from the creek while on the wing near the Log Jam Peninsula and perched long enough for me to photograph them. Only two Turtles were on the Logs today. No sign of a Possum or a Platypus. Another juvenile Water Dragon was under the Highway Bridge. The family of Bush Stone-curlews were again in the paddock next to The Doctor House but near a different clump of Golden Cane Palm.

Pacific Emerald Dove. Chalcophaps longirostris

A fine fat dove but a bit timid.

Eastern Water Dragon. Physignathus lesueurii

Large Water Dragon near Memorial Bench
Opposite end of the Spectrum at the other end of the walk

Spangled Drongo. Dicrurus bracteatus

One of several species of birds I have observed appearing to take water from the surface while on the wing.

Bush Stone-curlew. Burhinus grallarius

Great family group. the chick is growing fast.