Wednesday 18th September 2019. 1430-1525

No rain. Bright and sunny with some wispy high cirrus cloud this afternoon. Blustery southerly wind. Track remains dry.

Full team on duty today but Cody unfortunately left his mojo behind. Saw nothing until the Log Jam where there were several Saw-shelled Turtles and a Krefft’s Short-necked Turtle. A platypus was busy feeding along the far bank on the upstream side of Picnic Peninsula. Also glimpsed another platypus in front of the Viewing Platform. Whistling Ducks and a view Magpie Geese can still be seen across the paddock behind the Car Park. A Black Kite was making heavy weather of the wind gusts above the Doctor House and landed in a nearby tree.

Saw-shelled Turtle. Elseya latisternum

Saw-shelled Turtle at the Log Jam

Krefft’s Short-necked Turtle. Emydura krefftii

Krefft’s Short-necked turtle at the Log Jam

Platypus. Ornithorhynchus anatinus

Platypus feeding at Picnic Peninsula.

Plumed Whistling-ducks. Dendrocygna eytoni and Magpie Geese. Anseranas semipalmata

View across paddock from Car Park

Black Kite. Milvus migrans

Black Kite feeling the wind.