Sunday 7th March 2021. 1355 – 1505

Weather

19 mm of rain in the gauge. Bright and sunny but with some cloud. Light southerly breeze. Track moist with several wet season springs crossing the track and muddy especially across the base of Log Jam Peninsula. Water level down a few cms but remains high.

Wildlife Report

Set out from home with Thomas who had not accompanied me for a while and seemed intent on marking every rock and bush along the Street!
Spotted and photographed a White-headed Pigeon during one of these short intermissions.
At Allumbah Pocket sighted a Green Ringtail Possum, I think “Piratical Pete”, roosting in the tree to the right of the informal entrance. I could hear two small boys approaching with their mother so waited for a couple of minutes to effect an introduction. They seemed to enjoy this and were very polite with their thank yous.
A Saw-shelled Turtle was enjoying the sun on a rock just upstream of the Suspension Bridge and was the first of several, all of them quite large. Two were on the recently fallen tree at Snodgrass’s Pool and two more on top of the concrete slab at The Log Jam which is at present under water. At Platys Pool one was on the far bank and the final specimen on the other recently fallen tree at the Overhanging Bushes.
Another male Green Ringtail Possum was in the foliage of Bush Number 3 and very well hidden.
A small swarm of Asian Honey Bees was roosting nearby.
Crossing the Highway Bridge I checked as usual the rocks below and saw an Eastern Water Dragon substantially larger than usual at that spot.
The family of Bush Stone-curlews were still loitering near the Golden Cane Palm clumps and arranged themselves artistically for me.
A female Green Ringtail Possum was in the Fig Tree which overhangs the vacant block and the pink nose and one eye of her joey was just visible.