Saturday 18th January 2020. 0900 – 1005

No rain. Sunny with clear sky. Blustery southerly wind to 25knots. Track damp. Puddle under highway bridge.

Hot and bothered after pruning and general garden tidy in preparation for visitor so set out a bit later than of late.
Rewarded with 2 fine Eastern Water Dragons on the rocks opposite the Memorial Bench and another smaller but with extremely long tail near Snodgrass’s pool.
While photographing noted that White Spot the Green Ringtail Possum was in her regular tree with joey just visible. She has seemed more wary over the past couple of days, I hope that the visitors have not aggravated her. She took off again for a higher level with baby clinging on behind and they settled in a more secure and less visible spot.
Opposite Snodgrass’s Pool the male Green Ringtail was airing himself. He looks quite piratical with his well chewed right ear!
Cicadas were noisy but not visible and neither were the Christmas Beetles. Branches were swaying a lot in the gusty wind so it would have been difficult to capture images anyway.
A pair of Pacific Black Ducks were near Flood Tide Island and seemed quite relaxed.
Neither the Turtles nor Platypuses were out and about today.
An Orange Footed Scrubfowl was strutting along at the Narrows but wouldn’t stay still long enough for a photo.
Quite a number of Magpie Geese and Bush Stone-curlews were in the paddock behind the Car Park with a few Australasian Swamphens. The pair of Curlews were still under the trees at the edge of Park and a Pacific Emerald Dove was also present.