Monday 16th August 2021. 1345 – 1500

Weather

4.5 mm of rain. Overcast with intermittent light showers. Light SE breeze. Track slightly damp. Water level steady. Moon phase- First Quarter

Wildlife Report

A fairly dismal day so set out with no great expectations.
Nothing was seen at Allumbah Pocket but as I arrived at the opposite bank a Brown Cuckoo-Dove settled into the tree on the left side of the Suspension Bridge and was swiftly photographed.
Nothing was then seen until the base of Log Jam Peninsula where a Rainbow Bee-eater was singing in one of the Grey Gums which line the track. It flew off over the paddock, returning very smartly with an insect in it’s beak and I took a quick snap.
As I rounded the corner, a young woman was coming towards me and indicating activity in the water. A Platypus was on the surface swimming at high speed and the photo which I grabbed immediately was the last I saw of it as it headed downstream.
At The Log Jam two Saw-shelled Turtles were posing on the logs and were quickly recorded.
I continued on to Platys Pool where a Green Ringtail Possum was in an almost identical position to the one seen on 13th August. It appeared however to be a much smaller and probably male Possum. The young woman who was visiting from Port Douglas had by this time caught up with me and enjoyed the sighting.
Just below the Highway Bridge I took more photos of the Golden Orb-weaver Spider.
The red Brushtail Possum was sitting in the same fork of the Fig Tree but not showing her face today.
An Emerald Dove was roosting in one of the trees lining the path to Bunya Street.
Birds were again busy in the Bottle Brush trees and I photographed White-cheeked and Brown Honeyeaters.