No rain. Scattered cloud. SE breeze. Track dry
Stacks of Turtles today and I use the term advisedly! Thomas and I started by checking out the Allumbah Pocket Brushtail Possum who was showing further improvement with one eye open. While looking for possible Green Ringtail Possum roosts a Spectacled Monarch entertained us and was photographed in return. A group of visitors had gathered at the Memorial Bench and were observing a stack of three Saw-shelled Turtles but had not noticed the Eastern Water Dragon on the other side of the track. There was another stack of three Turtles at the Log Jam together with four more on separate logs. A group of Scarlet Honeyeaters were feeding together at Platy’s Pool and I obtained some indifferent images. Finished up as usual next to the Doctor House where the family of Bush Stone-curlews were still in residence.
Common Brushtail Possum. Trichosurus vulpecula
Spectacled Monarch. Symposiachrus trivirgatus
Eastern Water Dragon. Physignathus lesueurii
Saw-shelled Turtle. Elseya latisternum
Scarlet Honeyeater. Myzomela sanguinolenta
Bush Stone-curlew. Burhinus grallarius
Love seeing all your photos. Will have to walk down there soon to see it all in real life. Thank you for sharing.
Hi Rose. Glad you liked the photos. If you look at the photos which are on my blog you will find a map of the creek with most of the locations I refer to and provided with names. This will give you a good idea where to look for the different animals. Platypus are very thin on the ground at present because the girls are hatching eggs and the boys are exhausted after the mating season. Give it another month and there should be more of them around and probably more chance of seeing Tree Roos. Regards Ian