Wednesday 15th September 2021. 1420 – 1540

Weather

No rain in the gauge. Sunny with some light scattered cloud. Variable southerly breeze. Track dry. Water level low, steady. Moon – First 1/4 on 14 Sept.

Wildlife Report

Along Bunya Street today I photographed a Brown Cuckoo Dove and a few metres on a Pale Yellow Robin.
On arrival at Allumbah Pocket I did my usual check of the trees around the entrance and was delighted to immediately spot a Lumholtz’s Tree Kangaroo. It was difficult to get a good view of the face but the markings looked very much like the female seen three times recently in different locations. I was unable however to find any sign of a joey.
This was not the case with “Chocolate” the Brushtail Possum who was lying along the branch supporting the Mistletoe Clump with her head and part face clearly visible. As I was focusing my camera the face of her joey popped up from above her rump but unfortunately it vanished again immediately and I was unable to coerce it to check me out.
A couple from Brisbane then appeared and I was able to introduce them to my friends.
As I crossed the Suspension Bridge a Platypus was again making waves against the Yungaburra bank but although I watched for several minutes a view was not obtained.
As a consolation a Wompoo fruit dove was perched in a tree on the Southern side and provided some good shots.
While walking down the edge of the Horseshoe Rocks a quite large Eastern Water Dragon scuttled for cover but fortunately a smaller male was keeping watch over one of the rock piles closer to Snodgrass’s Pool.
A couple of Saw-shelled Turtles were on the sloping log but not looking particularly interesting.
More Turtles were seen at the Log Jam and these were posing elegantly and admiring their reflections.
The Brisbane couple reported that they had earlier seen a Tree Roo climb down from one tree and move to another on the bank opposite the Jam but I was unable to see any sign of it.
A Platypus was sighted near the fallen tree close to the base of Picnic Peninsula and I took a few photos there plus more when he had rounded the bend but he did not approach very close to me.
Nothing was seen along The Narrows but the Golden Orb-weaver Spiders were awaiting me just below the Highway Bridge.
While crossing the Bridge I called on “Calamity” the Brushtail Possum but neither she not her joey were keen to respond.
On the Creek Bank of the vacant lot I checked for Tree Roos without success but did get a photo of a Laughing Kookaburra and a few metres beyond a Green Ringtail Possum provided my final sighting for today.