Monday 16th May 2022. 1335 – 1510 hrs

Weather

No rain. Sunny day with scattered cloud. Light SE breeze. Track remains wet in areas where there is runoff from the adjoining paddock. Water level falling slowly. Full Moon today.

Wildlife Report

Almost as soon as I left home I spotted a Kookaburra perched in a nearby tree and posing for me.
Allumbah Pocket offered a Rufous Shrikethrush who was enjoying a tasty worm and a Spectacled Monarch who provided some unusual poses.
As I crossed the Suspension Bridge I photographed the Spectacled Flying-foxes in their camp downstream and a very young Saw-shelled turtle on one of the rocks below.
A moderately sized female Eastern Water Dragon was seen at Horseshoe Rocks while at the Upper Level two Males were on view.
In the Syzygium tree close to Snodgrass’s Pool “Whitespot” the Green Ringtail Possum and her joey were concealed by foliage making it almost impossible to obtain an image of their faces.
A Saw-shelled Turtle was on the log which slopes into the Pool.
A Bottlebrush is in flower near Full Tide Island and a Yellow-faced Honeyeater was feeding on the nectar.
At the Log Jam two Turtles were on top of the concrete slab enjoying the sun while four more were on the horizontal Bottlebrush at Platys Pool, one having to mount another to make sufficient room.
It was obviously a good day for turtles as another two were on the sloping log opposite the Overhanging Bushes with a final representative just round the corner of Picnic Peninsula.
Under the Highway Bridge my regular group of Fishing Bats were reduced to only one but I photographed another who was offering a better pose.
A juvenile Water Dragon was observed on the rocks below the Bridge.
At Nicks Camping Area one of the Camper Vans had moved on making more room for the Bush Stone-curlews.
Crossing the Highway to the East Bank I quickly spotted a female Lumholtz’s Tree Kangaroo with her Joey and a sub-adult perched nearby. They did their best to make photography as difficult as possible but the pick of the images are shown.
In the nearby Fig Tree, “Tatty” the Coppery Brushtail Possum was snuggled up in her tree fork.