Tuesday 29th March 2922. 1255 – 1435 hrs

Weather

16 mm of rain in the gauge. Fine and sunny in the morning but starting to cloud up around lunch time. Light SE breeze. Track dry throughout. Water level steady. Moon New 01 April .

Wildlife Report

A late start again today and along Bunya Street I got a good view of a Bar-shouldered Dove and fired off a couple of shots.
At Allumbah Pocket I soon spotted “Mrs Green” the Green Ringtail Possum in the usual tree but higher up. There was more foliage around her but I was able to get a good image.
“Nosey” the other female GRP was not using her regular perch but a bit of searching revealed her in the tree often favoured by Tree Kangaroos, low on the bank to the right of the Picnic shelter. Foliage was again a problem but by clambering down closer to the water I was able to obtain a good view and she then favoured me by stretching out and having a good scratch with her left hind foot!
As I was completing the session I saw a bird flash past me and from it’s flight pattern guessed it was a Kingfisher. I soon spotted it perched in one of the Bottlebrush Trees on the other side of the suspension bridge and approached along the bank until I was close enough to start shooting. I continued step by step taking batches of photos at each stage until I managed to get some excellent photos of an Azure Kingfisher.
At the Other Side quite a few birds were flitting around and I got one image of a Spectacled Monarch but a Pied Monarch unfortunately eluded me.
Where the rocks run alongside the path to the Upper Level near Snodgrass’s Pool I sighted an Eastern Water Dragon and another which vanished too quickly.
At The Log Jam a moderately sized Saw-shelled Turtle was clambering up the concrete block to join another which was already relaxing there, while they were watched by a tiny Turtle from a view point on top of some floating debris.
More Turtles were photographed on the sloping log close to the base of Picnic Peninsula.
Between Stringers Stretch and The Narrows I spotted a Platypus foraging busily but it was not keen to approach me.
I was able to photograph a Golden Orb-weaver Spider on the Lomandra clump close to the Highway Bridge before turning my attention to the Large-footed Myotis which were roosting below the deck.
While crossing the bridge I observed two juvenile Water Dragons on the rocks below.
At the Car Park I found a Shining Bronze Cuckoo looking for insects in the trees which was happy to pose.
Across the paddock at Nick’s Camping Area the pair of Bush Stone-curlews were both present, one with a more aesthetic but rather prickly background of Sensitive Weed.
On the East Bank I again photographed one of the Brushtail Possums.
The Golden Orb-weaver Spider’s abdomen appears to be much more distended and a male was crawling all over her, including her mouth parts and I can only assume that they were mating!
“Tatty” the Coppery Brushtail Possum was again showing her face in the Overhanging Fig Tree.
In the trees next to the path to Bunya Street a White-headed Pigeon provided the last photo for the day.