Sunday 18th August 2019. 0915-100 hrs.

Overcast with brief sunny periods. No rain. Track damp.

Full crew on deck this morning and birds busy at Allumbah Pocket. By the time we reached the centre of Lloyd’s Suspension Bridge I had photos of Rainbow Bee-Eater, Spotted Catbird, Lewin’s Honeyeater and Scarlet Honeyeater. After that things unfortunately cooled off. Saw 3 Platypuses but only one gave me the time of day, the others being seen fleetingly at some distance, either side of Picnic Bend. One Saw-Shelled Turtle was on the logs but having a bad hair day and did not wish to be photographed and that completed the morning’s activities.

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Rainbow Bee-Eater. Merops ornatus.

Rainbow Bee-Eater at entrance to Petersons Creek Walk

Spotted Catbird. Ailuroedus maculosus

Spotted Catbird near volunteers shed on path down to suspension bridge.

Lewin’s Honeyeater. Meliphaga lewinii

Lewin’s Honeyeater in bottlebrush at left side of bridge.
Same bird wanting to know why I have the effrontery to share the bridge with him!

Scarlet Honeyeater. Myzomela sanguinolenta

Adult male in tree to right of Lloyd’s Bridge. 2 paces forward from previous image!

Platypus. Ornithorhynchus anatinus

View from Platypus Bend. Appears in a hurry.
Same Platypus before performing he disappearing trick!