Monday 9th September 2019. 1050 – 1105

Another cold morning. Hot by mid morning under cloudless sky. Fresh southerly breeze. Track remains dry. Watch for slippery gravel.

Full team out today and were found by a Brown Goshawk which flew into a bush a short distance in front of as at The Other Side. Nothing else seen until the Log Jam where there were no Turtles but a Platypus which refused to leave the shelter of the undergrowth on the far bank. No one at home in the possums favourite tree, but a very well concealed Green Ring Tail Possum was in the next tree along! Has Joey been thrown out of home? Another Platypus was busy hiding under roots where the creek emerges from under the Highway Bridge but finally revealed itself near the centre of the span. A final Platypus was active in the Viewing Pool.

Brown Goshawk. Accipiter fasciatus didimus

An unexpected visitor who landed low to the ground a few yards in front of us and remained for several minutes.

Green Ringtail Possum. Pseudochirax archeri

I don’t think that you can see me.
Well only just!

Platypus. Ornithorhynchus anatinus

Platypus emerges from under roots where he had been hiding for several minutes.
He continued foraging among the roots along the length of the track under the bridge.
Meanwhile in the Viewing Pool …..