Friday 10th September 2021. 1400 – 1530

Weather

2 mm of rain. Cold overcast day. Blustery SE wind with gusts to 20 knots. Track damp. Water level steady. New Moon + 3 days

Wildlife Report

The “Chocolate” the Brushtail Possum remains in the Mistletoe Clump at Allumbah Pocket. The only interesting viewpoint that I could find is hard to interpret. The image is dominated by front feet but I note a tiny nose visible at the top with an ear at the lower right extremity and I think that these are too far apart to belong to the same animal. Probably the nose is Joey and the ear Mum but I can’t be sure.
Nothing was on view today at The Other Side but at Snodgrass’s Pool I spotted a Platypus fishing it’s way slowly upstream. She spent a few minutes very close to me before crossing to the far bank.
I was quite surprised to find several Saw-shelled Turtles braving the cold at The Log Jam but they provided a good selection of images.
At the Overhanging Bushes I spotted another Platypus, this time a male and kept him company to the tip of Picnic Peninsula from where he was watched by a group of visitors.
As I approached the Lomandra Clump below the Highway Bridge I saw one of my friendly Tour Guides who was introducing a small female Platypus to his group at the start of The Narrows.
I joined in by taking a few photos and also took my daily shots of the Golden Orb-weaver Spiders.
“Highwayman” the Brushtail Possum was in his regular spot half way across the Bridge and managed to open one eye for me.
No Platypus were in the Viewing Pool so I crossed the road and immediately spotted a Lumholtz’s Tree Kangaroo in the trees lining the Creek Bank so I invited the tour group who remained nearby to join me. They enjoyed seeing the mother and joey which I photographed in the same tree last Friday!
The red Brushtail Possum was in the overhanging Fig Tree near the paddock fence.
On the way home along Bunya Street I again photographed the White-cheeked Honeyeaters feeding on the Bottle Brush flowers.