Friday 22nd October 2021. 1250 – 1430

Weather

1 mm of rain in the gauge. Cloudy with sunny periods. North to NE breeze gusting to 15 knots at times. Track dry. Water level steady. More sediment today. Full moon 21st October.

Wildlife Report

I paused along Bunya Street to chat to one of the house owners and muttered that although they were very noisy at night I was seeing very few Bush Stone-curlews. She invited me round to the other side of her house where a family of Curlews with two well grown offspring have got their feet very firmly under the table. I am not surprised that I rarely see them!
Continuing on to Allumbah Pocket the female Green Ringtail Possum with her joey was in the same spot at the entrance and after circumnavigating the tree I managed to get a shot including both of their faces.
Another Green Ringtail was roosting in the tree next to the Suspension Bridge which has always been a favoured spot. I also photographed a juvenile Spectacled Monarch in the same tree.
At the Other Side the rocks were again harbouring a number of Eastern Water Dragons including the large male at the Upper Level.
A pair of Pacific Emerald Doves preceded me along the track before flying into a tree.
A couple of Saw-shelled Turtles were on the sloping log in Snodgrass’s Pool.
On the way to Platypus Bend I saw waves emanating from the near bank and soon found a Platypus foraging under the vegetation. I followed it back to the Pool getting a few good shots until it disappeared. I suspect that there might be a burrow under the large tree near the sign board as Platypus have vanished several times at that location.
On to The Log Jam which was well festooned with Saw-shelled Turtles today although none were finding it necessary to climb on each other.
Several Pale-yellow Robins were hunting along Dowling’s Corridor and one came to show me the lunch which it had just caught.
Just below the Highway Bridge another Platypus appeared and entertained me for some time. It was very busy hunting and emitting a large number of bubbles during it’s dives to the bottom.
I checked the Viewing Pool and Car Park area without success and then crossed the Highway to look for Tree Roos. I thought that I had found one but it turned out to be another Green Ringtail Possum siting high in the canopy where the Roos often rest.
At the rear of The Doctor House a pair of Orange Footed Scrubfowl were parading along the fence and I managed a snap of one.
In the trees alongside the lane through to Bunya Street I found yet another Green Ringtail Possum with a joey who, having been startled by my arrival, jumped to a very precarious position on Mum’s back where it remained as she climbed higher into the tree!