Saturday 13th July. 0930-1030

Sunshine and scattered cloud but cold southerly wind. No rain in gauge. Track unchanged.

Glimpses of 2 platypus today, one messing about under overhanging roots and the second under the road bridge so neither suitable for photography. Green Ringtail Possums were also sheltering out of the wind so will have to make do with birds today. Saw a pair of Bush Stone-Curlews along Bunya Street but unusually timid and the Egrets are still around.

White-Cheeked Honeyeater – Phylidonyris niger

Handsome honeyeater feeding in banksia tree.

Fan-Tailed Cuckoo – Cacomantis flabelliformis

Huge number of cuckoos in Australia. This species is new to me but have recorded several others along Petersons Creek. As with all cuckoos they leave their eggs to be hatched and reared in the nests of other birds.

Bower’s Shrike-Thrush

A member of the Shrike-Thrush family found in upland rainforest of the wet tropics above 400 metres.