Wednesday 18th December 2019. 0850 – 0945

No rain. Sunny with scattered cloud, increasing . Light NE breeze. Track drying.

Always seem to be whinging these days. Fell over in garden first thing when out to turn on sprinklers. Managed to stir up rotater cuff problems in both shoulders which makes raising 2.5 Kg of camera gear above shoulder level quite painful. I will struggle on with my faithful hound.
Nothing at Allumbah Pocket today but a Possum just visible in the tree close to Lloyd’s Bridge on the Other Side. Able to see enough to confirm Green Ringtail Possum and size over all suggests Mum with joey but unable to confirm this.
Next visited Chocolate Brushtail next to the Picnic Shelter, who was also doing his best to hide. Fortunately he woke up and allowed me to take his portrait. A large Saw-shelled Turtle was on a rock close to the Memorial Bench but was not as considerate and slid into the water. No Dragons on view this morning but a pair of Orange-footed Scrubfowl were fossicking in the leaf litter at Playpus Bend. The two Pacific Black Ducks were on the bank at Flood Tide Island.
No Turtles at the Log Jam today and no Platypus anywhere. Saw a number of small birds but unable to move quickly enough to capture them. At the end of the walk an Eastern Water Skink was on the rock beneath the Highway Bridge and a group of Bush Stone-curlews were in the paddock close to the Car Park. Discovered a new Figbird nest in the Bamboo Clump, this time actually over the highway. It was swaying quite markedly in the breeze and must be quite alarming when a B Double passes underneath.