Monday 6th December 2021. 0815 – 0950

Weather

No rain in the gauge. Sunny with scattered cumulus clouds. Light southerly breeze. Track dry. Water level falling and Stepping Stones now passable. New Moon + 2 days

Wildlife Report

Making the best of a relatively cool morning.
Nothing was seen along Bunya Street but in the trees to the left of the entrance to Allumbah Pocket a male Green Ringtail Possum was quickly spotted. He immediately climbed higher into the tree and was hard to photograph but after a few minutes he returned to his original pitch and a better image was obtained.
At the other side of the entrance two Lumholtz’s Tree Kangaroos were identified although very well concealed in dense foliage. An image is included to show how hard it can be to see them but after considerable patience and trying a lot of different positions I eventually achieved one reasonable portrait.
From Lloyd’s suspension Bridge an Eastern Water Skink was seen on one of the Stepping Stones although at more than optimal range.
On the Middle Rocks pics were taken of a handsome Eastern Water Dragon from two different directions and the better one is below.
In the tree where “Whitespot” has been recently roosting her perch was today occupied by a small male Green Ringtail Possum who was not particularly cooperative.
I was then joined by a Laughing Kookaburra who was more amenable except that the sun was almost directly behind him.
Nothing was then seen until the Overhanging Bushes where a large Golden Orb-weaver spider was in her web surrounded by hopeful males.
Further along near Bush No 3 the regular male Green Ringtail was on his River Oak branch and almost impossible to see without scrambling down the bank.
At The Narrows I noted that the Queensland Umbrella Tree had been well and truly stripped of fresh leaves so I turned towards the far bank where a large adult Tree Kangaroo was fully exposed to view. Her joey could just be seen near her feet. I made a date to check her out from the Yungaburra side.
While crossing Highway Bridge I again saw the juvenile Water Dragon on the rocks below.
More photos were then taken of the Tree Kangaroos in the trees at the Creek end of the vacant block.
While returning home along Bunya Street a pair of Crested Pigeons were displaying on a fence.
In the next garden the local pair of Bush Stone-curlews were standing near the boundary with their 3 chicks.