Saturday 20th November 2021. 1355 – 1450

Weather

No rain. Sunny with a few scattered clouds. Cool southerly breeze. Track dry. Water level low. Full Moon +1

Wildlife Report

A few Carpenter Bees were seen again along Bunya Street but still very difficult to photograph.
Not a lot to see at Allumbah Pocket but in front of the covered Picnic Table, a Dusky Honeyeater was investigating a spiders web and probably eating the spider!
While crossing the Suspension Bridge I photographed a small Saw-shelled Turtle and a juvenile Easter Water Dragon on the Stepping Stones.
Near the seats at The Other Side a small Skink with a notably pink head and neck was seen in the leaf litter. Research suggests that this was in all likelihood one of the Rainbow Skinks Carlia rubrigularis which is found in Rainforest from Big Tableland to Mt Halifax near Townsville.
Two more Eastern Water Dragons were photographed at Horseshoe Rocks and another on Middle Rocks.
Saw-shelled Turtles were on a rock near the Memorial Bench and at Snodgrass’s Pool.
Approaching The Log Jam the pair of Pacific Black Ducks were foraging in the grass along the far bank and Turtles were again at the Jam but in fewer numbers than usual.
Two more were on a fallen tree near the base of Picnic Peninsula
A male Green Ringtail Possum was well concealed in No 3 of the Overhanging Bushes.
On a sloping log opposite the tip of Picnic Peninsula another Juvenile Water Dragon was seen.
The most exciting find of the day was an Oriental Dollar Bird, one of a pair which settled in the tall gum tree at the bottom of our garden and remained there for an hour or so.