Tuesday 21st January 2020. 1030 – 1130

No rain in last 24 hrs. Sunny with scattered cloud. No sign of thunderstorm activity as yet. Little or no breeze. Track damp. Puddles drying.

Starting late after shopping, immediately found a mess of possum in the trees to the right of the entrance to Allumbah Pocket. My initial interpretation was of a female Green Ringtail Possum with joey and this was later confirmed on the computer.
While looking for White Spot opposite the Memorial Bench found an Eastern Water Dragon at the upper level on the far side of the fence.
Continued on to Snodgrass’s Pool where there was another Dragon also on the upper level. While there I also recovered and removed the wreckage of an Opera House yabby trap from the paddock.
In the trees opposite Snodgrass’s Pool checked out another Green Ringtail which I thought initially was the male. Closer examination revealed it to be White Spot the female although I was unable to locate her joey. Not that this is unusual for this pair!
Plenty of Cicada calling although none visually observed. Took a photograph of a possible cicada but now believe it to be a Shield Bug. A Christmas Beetle was also photographed.
The prime sites at the Log Jam were today occupied by two juvenile Saw-shelled Turtles.
At Platys Pool a number of assorted birds were feeding on nectar and captured a Dusky Honeyeater.
No Platypus seen which at this time appears to be the usual state of affairs. Am waiting to see if the book as correct and they all appear again at the end of the month.
Coming up from under the Highway Bridge another Water Dragon was observed under the paddock fence but did not make a good photo.
The pair of Bush Stone-curlews have moved to the Eastern boundary of the Car Park which was a previous regular haunt.