Friday 27th May 2022. 1305 – 1450 hrs

Weather

3 mm or rain overnight. Sunny with scattered clouds. Light southerly breeze. Track still slightly damp throughout but the wetter patches are now drying up. Water is still quite turbid and level is falling very slowly. Moon phase waning. New Moon on 30th May.

Wildlife Report

Left home today after lunch and was somewhat disappointed to find no wildlife at Allumbah Pocket.
As I crossed Lloyd’s Suspension Bridge I met a bloke visiting from Brisbane and we chatted about wildlife and photographed a Pacific Baza in the Quandong Tree on the Yungaburra bank.
My new friend asked if he could tag along with me and initially we had no luck but on reaching Snodgrass’s Pool we found “Whitespot” with her joey in their favourite Syzygium tree. We both managed good shots of “Whitespot” but Joey was determined to keep her face hidden.
I went up the path to the Upper Level and found a large Eastern Water Dragon but he was very timid and vanished before I could raise my camera. On the way back however I saw a pair of White-headed Pigeons.
Continuing on we spotted a White-bellied Cuckoo Shrike which tried as hard as possible to avoid being photographed.
Nothing was on view at the Log Jam but at Platys Pool a moderate sized Saw-shelled Turtle was on the horizontal Bottlebrush trunk against the far bank.
While checking around for other sightings I was thrilled by an Azure Kingfisher which settled on a branch in front of me and provided a large selection of shots.
Another Turtle was on the sloping tree trunk opposite number 3 of the Overhanging Bushes.
On the other side of the Bush we spotted another Green Ringtail Possum on a branch of the River Oak and by going down the informal path to the water’s edge we were able to see it’s face.
At The Narrows I was inspecting the trees on the East Bank hoping to spot a Tree Roo when I looked up and found a Lumholtz’s Tree Kangaroo perched almost vertically above the path close to the Viewing Bench. We were joined there by 2 separate couples, I think both from Germany, who said that the sighting had made their day!
They also enjoyed a view of the Large-footed Fishing Bats under the Highway Bridge although there were not many present today.
From under the Bridge we also sighted “Turtle Tensing” atop his pole in the Viewing Pool and got a better view of him from the Viewing Platform.
At Nick’s Camping Area the pair of Bush Stone-curlews were present as usual.
No more Tree Roos were seen after crossing the Highway but the new Coppery Brushtail Possum in the hollow tree was lying horizontally with tail on one side of the trunk and head projecting from other!
“Tatty” the Coppery Brushtail was in her regular tree fork nearby and was favouring us with a frontal view.
As I write it is almost time for the advertised Firework display in conjunction with a wedding at the disused Chapel so I hope that the local animals are not frightened too much.