Saturday 17th April 2021. 0815 – 0910 + images from the previous few days.

Weather

1 mm of rain in the gauge. Sunny with scattered clouds. Minimal breeze. Track dry. Water level falling slowly.

Wildlife Report

I will start with an image of a juvenile Black Butcher Bird (rufous morph) which spent some minutes on one of our bird platforms a few days ago. Quite an imposing bird!
I then went on a short walk on Wednesday 14th in the late afternoon but saw so little I was not inclined to work on a post. I did however see “Piratical Pete” the Green Ringtail Possum and a few Saw-shelled turtles at Snodgrass’s Pool and The Log Jam which I will record here.
Thomas was on that occasion wearing his new, super-duper, can’t wriggle out of it, harness which he managed to back out of while I was photographing “Pete” at the entrance to Allumbah Pocket. At least today we managed to complete today’s patrol without embarrassment!
Set off quite early today and along Bunya Street photographed an Alexander Palm with quite spectacular fruit.
At Allumbah Pocket an as yet unnamed Green Ringtail Possum was asleep in a tree to the left of the entrance while “Pete” was down the informal entrance path near the Storage Shed.
In the middle of the path near the Picnic Shelter a Pale-yellow Robin was enjoying a large insect which he had caught for breakfast.
The Spectacled Flying Foxes could again be seen in a tree on the Yungaburra bank while crossing the Suspension Bridge.
In the tree to the left of “Gumtrees on Gillies” gate the “Chocolate” Brushtail Possum was easily seen and for a change was offering a full view of her face.
It was a bit early today for Water Dragons and Turtles.
In the trees across the path from Snodgrass’s Pool a very handsome White-headed Dove was photographed.
At Log Jam Peninsula I heard a bird with a repetitive single note call which turned out to be an Eastern Yellow Robin who perched conveniently close to me.
I bumped into a couple of Cairns families whom I directed towards the Possums and hope that they were able to find them.
They told me that they had seen a Platypus which turned out to be my regular friend at Stringers Stretch which already had a small fan club in attendance. She was very busy feeding but unfortunately remained stubbornly close to the far bank. My photos completed today’s outing.