Tuesday 26th January 2021. 0940 – 1050

Weather

No rain. Mostly sunny with some scattered cloud. Light southerly breezes. Track mostly dry but still some damp patches. Muddy areas now drying up fast. Water level down 25 mm this morning.

Post

Once again I have missed several days. I am finding it very time consuming trying without much success to operate the Camera Traps and with having to remember multiple memory cards, batteries etc when I do go to the Creek I am more likely to forget some vital item for taking my own images! Did however have a successful Patrol this morning and managed to change the memory cards in the fixed cameras at the same time.
On Arrival at Allumbah Pocket I immediately spotted the old and battered Green Ringtail Possum with damage to both ears and nose and sore eyes. I think that he is an old male, well past his prime, who continues to pursue the ladies and has to fight for their favours!
A few metres further on I saw a Chocolate Brushtail Possum roosting in the Mistletoe Clump in the large tree on the corner of the track. I was pleased to obtain a view of his face.
Yet another Possum, another Green Ringtail, was in the tree next to the suspension Bridge. He was offering nothing but his rear but by peering up into the foliage from the bridge I obtain a partial view of his face. Certainly a lot younger and I think that it was “Popeye”.
At Platypus Bend I observed a Peaceful Dove strutting along a branch. See dozens of them at home but rarely along the Creek so decided to take his picture.
Continuing on I found another Chocolate Brushtail Possum in the small Mistletoe Clump in one of the Bottlebrushes on the approach to Log Jam Peninsula. He was lying in a most peculiar position as you can see from the images, one of which shows a hind food partly concealing his lower jaw with whiskers protruding across his ear and both fore feet immediately above. Perhaps he was practicing his yoga routines?
On the bank opposite the Log Jam an Eastern Water Dragon was taking the sun but no Turtles were to be seen.
At the northern end of the Overhanging Bushes I dealt with one of the Camera Traps.
I was disappointed that there were no more Possums to be seen and even more so that there were no Platypus.
As a consolation, two Pale-yellow Robins entertained me at the Foot Bridge. They are always very friendly little birds.
A final sighting was a White-headed Pigeon strutting his stuff along the far bank at The Narrows before I checked out the second Camera Trap