Sunday 26th June 2022. 0900 – 1015 hrs

Weather

No rain in the gauge. Overcast with occasional very light drizzle. Cold gusty breeze, direction variable. Track slightly damp. Water level steady and clarity improving. New Moon on 29th June.

Wildlife Report

With my relatively early start there were more birds around and I photographed a Rainbow Bee-eater and a Hornbill Friarbird along Bunya Street and a Brown Cuckoo-Dove at Allumbah Pocket.
Arboreal marsupials were lacking but as I crossed the Suspension Bridge I was able to snap a Platypus which swam underneath me.
Reliable “Whitespot” the Green Ringtail Possum and her joey were higher in the canopy of their favourite tree but I was able to obtain a good shot of Mum between the branches. I family group joined me there and kept in touch for the remainder of the Patrol.
Nothing more was seen until No 3 of the Overhanging Bushes where another Green Ringtail was present but very well concealed and difficult to photograph.
At Stringers Stretch a Platypus appeared but remained stubbornly close to the far bank and no worthwhile photos were obtained.
Several juvenile Golden Orb-weaver Spiders were still present in the Lomandra clump below the Highway Bridge.
Under the bridge a small group of Large-footed Fishing Bats were seen and a Pale-yellow Robin put in a distant appearance.
From the Platypus Viewing Platform a tiny Saw-shelled Turtle was observed on top of the sloping branch.
After crossing the Highway I photographed the two Brushtail Possums in the hollow tree while “Tatty” the Coppery Brushtail was showing a little more of herself.
I finished the Patrol with the sighting of another Rainbow Bee-eater along Bunya Street.