Tuesday 3rd September 2019. 1310-1405

No rain. Bright sunny day. Blustery wind from SE. Track dry.

Late start after a busy morning in the garden. A smaller Saw-shelled Turtle occupying the favoured rock near the memorial seat. No Dragons or Possums around today. A Pacific Emerald Dove Three Platypus spotted starting with one downstream of the Log Jam which today was hosting 5 Turtles. Another platypus downstream of Picnic Peninsula followed quickly by another heading downstream towards the apex of the Peninsula. After messing around for a few minutes he turned around and heading upstream at a pace which I was scarcely able to keep up with. He paused for a scratch just before the Highway Bridge and then swam powerfully on the surface through the current in the narrow entrance to the Platypus Viewing Pool where he was seen again. The Plumed Whistling-ducks were today on the far bank of the tributary which runs across the meadows behind the Car Park.

Saw-shelled Turtle. Elseya latisternum

Smaller turtle today but they definitely like this rock!
Largest turtle on the Log Jam today seems to be checking me out.

Pacific Emerald Dove. Chalcophaps longirostris

Amazing how well they blend in to the forest when their emerald wings show up so brightly in our garden.

Platypus. Ornithorhynchus anatinus

1) Heading upstream towards the Log Jam.
2) Downstream of Picnic Peninsula
3) Heading upstream from Picnic Peninsula but still at a gentle pace.
3) Pausing for a scratch and rest before a hard swim. Clear sunlit water.
3) Swimming on surface through narrow exit from Viewing Pool

Plumed Whistling-duck. Dendrocygna eytoni

Whistling-ducks in company with Ibis on banks of tributary.