Thursday 15th August 2019. 0950 – 1040

Dull. Overcast. Light breeze. Track dry.

Set off with both canine companions and found bird life along Bunya St lively around flowering Bottlebrush trees. Birdlife remained active along track. Fleeting glimpse of a Saw-Shelled Turtle at the Log Jam. A platypus downstream, of Picnic Bend was providing entertainment for 2 groups of tourists while enjoying breakfast and diving repeatedly in a small area. Another distant platypus observed in Viewing Pool and numerous other birds observed, several new to me.

Yellow-spotted Honeyeater. Meliphaga notata.

Similar to Lewin’s Honeyeater but distinctly smaller than Lewin’s feeding in same tree.

Brown Honeyeater. Lichmera indistincta

Taking nectar from Bottlebrush

Atherton Scrubwren. Sericornis keri

Taken from Lloyd’s Suspension Bridge

Platypus. Ornithorhynchus anatinus

Feeding very actively downstream of Picnic Bend
Another view
Distant view from Viewing Platform

Spotted Catbird. Ailuroedus maculosus

Refusing to expose bill amid the foliage

Rainbow Bee-Eater. Merops ornatus

Pair of Bee-eaters

Bush Stone-curlew. Burhinus grallarius

Close to Nick’s Restaurant

Australasian Figbird. Sphecotheres vieilloti

Part of flock of Figbirds behind Medical Centre. All male in mating plumage.

Hornbill Friarbird. Philemon yorki

Feeding on Grevillea along Bunya St.