Saturday 30th October 2021. 1335 – 1500

Weather

No rain. Sunny with scattered cloud. Hot and humid. Track dry. Moderate breeze varying NE to East and pleasantly cool. Water level falling. Clearing slowly. Moon Last Quarter +1

Wildlife Report

Along Bunya Street I spotted a male Bush Stone-curlew in one of the Creek Side gardens but he was keeping the the family well hidden, at least from me.
At Allumbah Pocket I found a Green Ringtail Possum roosting in the tree immediately to the right of Lloyd’s Suspension Bridge. I believe this to be the female seen several times recently with a joey which is still spending substantial time in the pouch. I think that she is the regular visitor to this locality over the last several years and has been photographed with a succession of Joeys. I have Christened her previously “Mrs Green”.
Today she was introduced to a succession of visitors who did not seem to trouble her.
While crossing the bridge I spotted a Platypus foraging among the Stepping Stones and took a number of photos.
At Horseshoe Rocks and the neighboring rocks I saw a number of Eastern Water Dragons and publish here a number of the better photographs the best of which were obtained at The Upper Level.
In the same area I took a shot of a Pale-yellow Robin who came to check me out.
In the trees at Snodgrass’s Pool “Whitespot” the Green Ringtail Possum was in the same spot with her joey and both exposing their tail ends to the track. Better views were obtained from the Creek side of the tree.
In the trees on the other side of the track a single male GRP was keeping a watching brief.
Nothing was seen then until The Log Jam where 7 or 8 Saw-shelled Turtles were sunbathing. Their poses were not perhaps as entertaining as on my last visit but they seemed to be enjoying themselves.
At Platys Pool I observed waves radiating from the bank and a male Platypus soon appeared. He put in a brief appearance before heading on down stream.
On the sloping logs at the base and at the tip of Picnic Peninsula large Turtles were taking the sun.
Behind the Doctor House a Brown Cuckoo-dove was perched on a horizontal branch and emphasizing his length.
My final sighting of the day was in the trees alongside the footpath through to Bunya Street when yet another Green Ringtail Possum with Joey was seen.