Tuesday 21st December 2021. 0830 – 1005

Weather

No rain. High cirrostratus cloud with watery sun. Cool southerly breeze. Track dry. Water level low. Full Moon +2.

Wildlife Report

Pleasantly cool this morning.
On the lookout for the Bush Stone-curlews seen on Sunday and soon found them only a few metres from their previous location. The two chicks were noticeably larger, much more obvious and accompanied by Mum. Dad was keeping a keen lookout close by.
Nothing was found at Allumbah Pocket this morning except a White- headed Pigeon near the covered Picnic Table.
As soon as I reached the other side however I spotted Green Ringtail Possums in two adjoining trees.
The first was in a tree very close to the North Suspension Pole of the bridge and was little more than a straight trunk with a number of short leafy branches which concealed a male Possum. I could only obtain a back view but his nose and whiskers can be seen at the bottom of the image.
A second male was in the same tree as last time which is much more substantial and was I think in the same spot. The picture is somewhat better than my previous effort.
The flowering trees around Snodgrass’s Pool were entertaining a small group of feeding Dusky Honeyeaters, one of which paused long enough for a snap.
A Laughing Kookaburra then flew into one of the Gums along the fence line and posed for a photo.
A few metres further on a Spectacled Fruit Bat gazed at me with mild interest from another of the of the blooming Syzygium Trees.
The tree near Full Tide Island was today full of “Christmas” Beetles which could be heard buzzing in the higher branches and there was a large choice of specimens on the lower flowers.
As I headed along Log Jam Peninsula an Eastern Yellow Robin perched on a sapling in front of me.
At The Log Jam the only Turtle present was taking a breath while perched on a submerged log.
From the upstream side of the Log Jam Peninsula I spotted a Platypus scavenging among the tree roots and then heading upstream.
I caught up with it again at the Overhanging Bushes after pausing to photograph the Coppery Brushtail Possum in the River Oak near Platys Pool.
At the tip of Picnic Peninsula I was joined by a family of locals who were entertained by a prolonged foraging display although unfortunately no close approaches.
No Tree Roos could be found today.
A juvenile Eastern Water Dragon was seen again under the Highway Bridge.