Friday 15th April 2022. 0915 – 1040 hrs

Weather

4.5 mm of rain in the gauge. Overcast with hint of drizzle. SE Trade wind at 15 – 20 knots. Track slightly damp. Water level rise about 20mm. Moon – Full on Sunday 17th

Wildlife Report

With forecast of significant rain later I decided to set off earlier than of late, not expecting the Yungaburra Volunteers to be working on Good Friday although it actually made very little difference.
In the trees between the two entrances to Allumbah Pocket I soon spotted “Mrs Green” the Green Ringtail Possum. She still appears rather large but I have not as yet identified a joey.
In the Mistletoe Clump in the tree on the corner near the Picnic Shelter a Chocolate Brushtail Possum was roosting and was kind enough to open her eyes as a group of locals were passing.
As we were speaking a Platypus appeared briefly in the Creek below us.
There was no one at home in the tree next to the Suspension Bridge but on checking I found “Nosey” the other female GRP near the Old Boiler House and on this occasion I was able to view her face.
Returning to the bridge I saw the Platypus again just below me and took a hurried shot through the safety mesh which is very poorly focused and is published just to confirm her presence as she did not appear again.
While crossing the Suspension Bridge I again photographed the Spectacled Flying -foxes in their camp downstream.
An Eastern Water Dragon posed for me near the path to the Upper Level.
“Whitespot” could not be seen on the Creek Bank but I investigated and found her again with her joey in the trees opposite the Snodgrass’s Pool sign.
At Platypus Bend I took a few shots of a Lewin’s Honeyeater who was foraging for breakfast.
At The Log Jam a Saw-shelled Turtle was on the submerged portion of a log with just his head above water.
At Picnic Peninsula I met two young lady followers of my blog who had seen a pair of Double-eyed Fig Parrots in a tree near the Highway Bridge. They had unfortunately moved on before I arrived.
Of much better quality than recently were my images of the Large-footed Fishing Bats who were roosting in the same spot under the Bridge.
The resident Bush Stone-curlews were viewed again at Nick’s Camping Area.
The Left Bank had nothing for me today but in the nearby Fig Tree “Tatty” the Coppery Brushtail Possum was resting, with another Green Ringtail Possum close by.
I completed my Patrol with two Masked Lapwings on the grass along Bunya Street.