Thursday 14th October 2021. 1250 – 1425

Weather

No rain. Bright and sunny in the morning with cloud starting to build after midday. Variable E – NE breeze. Track dry. Water level very low. Moon First Quarter + 1

Wildlife Report

Light cloud cover and the threat of later storms encouraged me to leave home somewhat earlier than of late to try my luck.
Along Bunya Street I spotted a Brush Stone-curlew in one of the Creek Side gardens although at some distance and surrounded by deep shade. I was somewhat surprised to find on the computer that I had actually photographed a family group.
At Allumbah Pocket I took a few shots of a Spectacled Monarch at close quarters.
Several Eastern Water Dragons were seen briefly on the Horseshoe Rocks and those opposite Snodgrass’s Pool but I only managed to photograph one on the path up to the Upper Level.
Several Saw-shelled Turtles were reposing on the sloping tree trunk in the Pool.
At Platypus Bend several Scarlet Honey Eaters both male and female were busy in the white Bottle Brush tree and with a bit of patience I managed a few shots of one.
Nothing then until the Log Jam where the Saw-shelled Turtles were out in force and I have printed a selection of them including one which was busy eating algae from a submerged log.
At Picnic Peninsula I got some images of a cheeky Pale-yellow Robin.
In the tree on the paddock side of the path just before the Foot Bridge my regular Green Ringtail Possum was at home and less obscured by foliage than usual. This enabled me to reach the conclusion that as Possums have only one tail, it must in fact be a female with a joey starting to overflow the pouch!
Platypus were conspicuous by their absence today, perhaps due to the earlier time slot.
One of the Golden Orb-weaver spiders is still business at the Lomandra Clump below the Highway Bridge and appears to have made a good meal of a Green Cicada.
Nothing was seen on the bridge or from the Viewing Platform but on crossing the road I found the female Lumholtz’s Tree Kangaroo and her joey sitting alongside each other on a branch. Numerous photos were taken.
The Coppery Brushtail Possum was displaying flagrantly in the overhanging Fig Tree and was actually identifiable rather than being a red blob.
At the Quincan Cafe I took some shots of a Friar Bird enjoying the Silky Oak flowers and in the garden across the road from home another pair of Bush Stone-curlews have set up camp.