Wednesday 6th April 2022. 1345 – 1510 hrs

Weather

No rain. Sunny with scattered clouds. Steady WE Trade Wind to 15 knots. Track dry. Water level falling very slowly. Moon – First Quarter – 3 days.

Wildlife Report

First sighting today was “Nosey” the Green Ringtail Possum on her regular roost next to the Suspension Bridge. She was looking a bit sad today and still no sign of offspring.
A Saw-shelled Turtle was on a rock in front of the Memorial Bench.
On the rocks bordering the path to the Upper Level near Snodgrass’s Pool a large Water Dragon was very hard to photograph in the existing light conditions.
Nothing more was sighted until The Log Jam where two more Turtles were above the concrete slab and a Tiny Turtle was watching them from a floating log.
A visiting family were waiting patiently in the hope of spotting a Platypus.
At the Overhanging Bushes I chatted with a local Mum and kids who I often share things with.
Along Stringers Stretch I came across a Platypus busy foraging in a very small area against the far bank. I was bout to give up when she climbed on a log and indulged in a comprehensive scratching session which I was able to record from my seat on the bank.
Another Green Ringtail was in the last bush on the paddock side of the track before the Footbridge. He got bored with my attention and I took another shot from the side as he moved higher into denser foliage.
At Dowling’s Corridor a Pacific Emerald Dove landed in a tree in front of me and as I took photos a Spotted Catbird perched withing a few metres and was also captured.
More images followed of the Golden Orb-weaver Spider in the Lomandra clump and the Large-footed Fishing Bats roosting under the Highway Bridge.
Looking down from the bridge I again saw a juvenile Water Dragon.
The pair of Bush Stone-curlews were at Nick’s Camping area and a lot more relaxed today.
I took another shot of the antisocial Brushtail Possum on the East Bank followed by “Tatty” the Coppery Brushtail In the Overhanging Fig Tree.
I finished the Patrol with a pic of a White-headed Pigeon beside the footpath to Bunya Street.