Friday 4th December 2020. 1345 – 1450

Weather

No rain. Patchy cloud with sunny periods. Variable southerly breeze. Track dry. Water level very low.

Post

On my own again today. Thomas has obviously lost his Father Fixation and prefers to loll in a chair while I am out exercising and broadening my mind!
At Allumbah Pocket an Atherton Scrubwren entertained me for several minutes in the tree next to the Suspension Bridge.
An Eastern Water Dragon was on the rocks opposite Snodgrass’s Pool.
I went up the path to the Upper Level and found “Scarface” the larger Dragon at the same location as in my previous Post.
After photographing him, I turned about to inspect the large tree on the northern side of the path and found that a female Lumholtz’s Tree Kangaroo had been watching my activities. She was beautifully exposed on an open branch ideal for photography.
Having taken a number of shots I looked around for a possible joey and found the youngster sitting some 5 mtrs away on a different branch and peering out from a concealed position in the foliage. Photography was not quite so easy but I managed a couple of shots.
On then to the Platypus Bend where a pair of Banded Cuckoo-shrikes and a pair of Australasian Figbirds were chasing each other around the trees along the path.
They accompanied me most of the way to Log Jam Peninsula where a solitary Saw-shelled Turtle was inspecting the scenery.
Nothing then until the Fig Tree overhanging the vacant block where I again obtained a bum view of a Green Ringtail Possum.
Along Bunya Street the solitary Bush Stone-curlew was today on the nature strip in front of a nearby property.