Wednesday 25th March 2020. 0825-0920

Weather

2,4 mm of rain in gauge. Patchy cloud with sunny periods. Fresh southerly breeze. Track in general damp but still numerous wet, muddy areas. Water level falling slowly.

Post

Bunya Street a hot spot this morning with a family of Bush Stone-curlews in one of the gardens which runs down to the Creek and a media tart of a Magpie Lark on the next door nature strip. They are feisty looking birds when seen at close quarters and remind me of when we had a pair nesting at the head of the mizzen mast of out boat and dive bombing us every time we went on deck!
Nothing on offer at Allumbah Pocket or The Other Side but a photogenic Eastern Water Dragon was waiting for us on the rocks opposite Snodgrass’s Pool.
No sign of Possums or Platypus today. Was about to say something negative about the initial P but we did spot a White-headed Pigeon at Platy’s Pool. There are still a few of them around but not as many as a couple of weeks ago.
There were a particularly prominent group of Bats under the Highway Bridge today. I guess that they had more of them hanging outside the junction channel which made it easier to get an image of them. It is amazing how closely they crowd together. I make it five in the photo!
A Saw-shelled Turtle was on the Bank opposite the Platypus Viewing Platform at a spot where I have seen them before but usually in warmer conditions.
The Paddock was again empty and the Bush Stone-curlews had moved back to the Car Park surrounds.