Tuesday 30th July. 0930 – 1025.

Overcast with light drizzle at end of walk. Track Dry.

A Spangled Drongo performed for me along Bunya St. Brushtail Possum and Carpet Snake were in same position, the latter displaying his tail today. Found solitary Green Ringtail Possum but in a new tree. I have noted that they tend to favour branches of a Casuarina where they pass through the denser foliage of a neighbouring tree. I have been scanning this particular tree for several years and today my patience was rewarded! Hard to get a decent image but limited success. Another less common sighting was 2 platypus in the same frame.. A slightly larger animal appeared to be following the other who dived and left in a hurry. Finally 2 solitary Sarus Cranes were honking at each other until they met virtually overhead and left together.

Spangled Drongo – Dicrurus bracteatus

Showing greenish sheen and flared tail fork
Green sheen and red iris.

Carpet Snake – Morelia spilota

Displaying tail today. Must have had a good feed as hardly moved for 5 days.

Green Ringtail Possum – Pseudochirax archeri

Peeping out from dense foliage.

Platypus – Ornithorhynchus anatinus

Smaller animal diving when approached by larger.

Sarus Crane – Grus antigone

Unusually close after 2 birds found each other.