Tuesday 16th November 2021. 1410 – 1545

Weather

9 mm in the gauge overnight. Overcast and threatening to rain. Occasional brighter periods. Variable breeze mainly from the North. Track slightly damp. Water level remains low. Full Moon on 19 Nov.

Wildlife Report

We had a couple of less common early visitors in the garden this morning when firstly a Bush Stone-curlew came to call. It may have been the one which on previous occasions has demanded food from the front door as it was certainly quite tame.
The other caller was an Orange-footed Scrub Fowl which we saw frequently when we first lived here but they have been much less common since the adjacent block was fenced and built on.
I set out on my walk after lunch and saw nothing along Bunya Street or at Allumbah Pocket.
While walking across Lloyd’s Suspension Bridge however I saw two Saw-shelled Turtles sunbathing on the Stepping Stones.
At The Other Side a Curlew was calling but as soon as I sighted him he fled through the fence to the next property.
At Horseshoe Rocks and the other rocks along the track saw several Eastern Water Dragons and also an Eastern Water Skink.
At Snodgrass’s Pool a group of Turtles were on the sloping tree trunk and one of these was a Kreft’s Short-necked Turtle.
A Laughing Kookaburra flew into a tree on the far bank and asked to have his photo taken.
A lot of the trees along the bank are starting to come into flower and I spotted some of my bees foraging on them.
At the Log Jam there was a good gathering of Turtles today and as usual they provided some entertaining photos.
In No 1 of the Overhanging Bushes I found a small male Green Ringtail Possum.
As I headed towards the apex of Picnic Peninsula a Platypus came round the corner at high speed and I was pleased when he slowed down and started some serious feeding allowing me to catch some of the action.
While crossing the Highway Bridge I checked as always for juvenile Water Dragons and spotted one much higher up the rocks and near the Bamboo Clump.
From the Lookout I photographed an Australasian Swamphen in the paddock and also spotted a pair of Bush Stone-curlews at Nick’s Camping Area.
While waiting to cross the Highway I saw a pair of Australasian Figbirds in one of the Poinciana Trees which are starting to come into flower.
On the Creek bank a Black Faced Monarch was whistling for a mate.
In the Overhanging Fig Tree I obtained the best photo yet of the joey belonging to the Coppery Brushtail Possum.