Monday 2nd May 2022. 0900 – 1020 hrs

Weather

Sunny with scattered cloud increasing. Frequent light showers later. SE Trade Wind breeze to 15 knots. Track wet in parts with plenty of shallow puddles. Water level remains high. New Moon yesterday.

Wildlife Report.

I left home at 9 a.m. with no obvious risk of rain. Several cars were parked at Allumbah Pocket suggesting that the Holiday Monday was likely to be quite busy along the Creek.
I found very little at the Pocket with the exception of a Pacific Emerald Dove who was sitting with back to me and in very poor light. I fired off a couple of shots without anticipating a good photo.
After a good search I found a very well hidden Green Ringtail Possum, probably “Nosey” in the tree close to the Old Boiler Shed and my photos were only of value to confirm the sighting.
I saw nothing else while crossing the Suspension Bridge or at the other side but passed the time of day with several visitors.
In the Syzygium tree near Snodgrass’s Pool I was pleased to find “Whitespot” the Green Ringtail with her joey perched separately on a branch and got some good shots of both.
As I was completing this I heard a bird singing in an neighboring tree and took several shots of a Varied Triller.
At the Upper Level another Pacific Emerald Dove was foraging on the ground around the smaller trees.
A few metres along the track in mistletoe clump on a low hanging Bottle Brush I spotted and photographed a Mistletoebird which was quite tricky because of it’s rapid movements.
On to the Log Jam where a visiting couple were watching a Platypus actively feeding. I joined them as we followed the animal along the upstream side of the Peninsula where we met a couple from Sweden who accompanied me as it started to rain and I increased my pace accordingly.
We found the Platypus again near the base of Picnic Peninsula were it climbed on a log for an extremely comprehensive session of scratching after which we followed it further around to Stringers Stretch.
The Large-footed Fishing Bats were again under the Highway Bridge.
I found the pair of Bush Stone-curlews waiting in the Beer Garden for opening time before crossing the road where “Tatty” the Brushtail Possum had reverted to her more typical antisocial behaviour in the overhanging Fig Tree.