Friday 6th November 2020. 0805 – 0915

Weather

No rain. Sunny without a cloud in the sky. No breeze. Track dry. Water level low.

Post

Emma’s last day with us so made and early start although anticipating a fair amount of noise as Yungaburra Volunteers working on the track this morning.
As we left home, 5 male King Parrots were changing places on the front bird table and managed to include 4 of them in a photo. Never seen this number of males in a flock before.
In the garden of the Police House a pair of Bush Stone Curlews were holding court.
At the house on the Penda Street corner, Golden Retriever Bella welcomed Thomas and us in full voice.
Nothing was seen at Allumbah Pocket but the Golden Orb-weaver spider was still above the far end of the Suspension Bridge and another was in her web a few metres away on the right side of the track.
A Pacific Emerald Dove flew above us as we left the bridge and was photographed in a nearby tree.
At Horseshoe Rocks a large female Eastern Water Dragon was occupying a prominent position.
Disappointed that we were unable to see any sign of “White Spot” the Green Ringtail Possum but she may have hidden in view of the escalating noise.
At the Log Jam, a large male Water Dragon was occupying one of the larger logs but the Turtles were absent.
At the base f the Peninsula we noticed a Platypus moving along the Far Bank so we accelerated our pace hoping to meet her en route to or at Platy’s Pool.
He surfaced briefly under the bank at Platy’s Pool but dived immediately and did not reappear.
At the Overhanging Bushes, the fallen River Oak Tree was being removed and we had to wait briefly as log retrieval reached a critical phase.
We were amazed to find that “Chocolate” the Common Brushtail Possum was in the same perch in the bush very close to the chainsaws. She was very reluctant to show her face and may have had her fingers in her ears!
At the base of Picnic Peninsula Emma spotted a Pacific Emerald Dove sitting on a nest in a small bush beside the path.
As we were leaving the Walk we noticed two distant birds in the paddock nearby and they turned out to be Australasian Swamphens.
From the Platypus Viewing Platform we had a distant glimpse of another Platypus but were only able to photograph the classic water disturbance.
The pair of Bush Stone-curlews were in the same Bunya Street garden with mother on the nest while father had found a delightful spot surrounded by human paraphernalia!