Monday 28th June 2021. 1415 – 1520

Weather

1 mm of rain in the gauge. Overcast with occasional light showers. Light SE breeze. Track slightly damp. Water level down 2 cm. Moon Full +3

Wildlife Report

Not expecting to see a lot today as only just past Full Moon and I suspect that the arboreal marsupials are less obvious at this time.
Found the Chocolate Brushtail Possum at home in the Mistletoe Clump at Allumbah Pocket where he is very well concealed regardless of moonlight. He was again sound asleep and indifferent to my presence.
At the fallen tree in Snodgrass’s Pool a solitary Saw-shelled Turtle was taking the air and was the only Turtle seen out of the water today.
At Picnic Peninsula a Brown Cuckoo-Dove was prominent in the large Camphor Laurel tree and less timid than they sometimes are enabling me to take photos from opposite sides of the tree.
At Platys Pool a small group of visitors were watching a male Platypus feeding busily around the base of the large Syzygium tree and approaching very close to the bank. I caught a few shots before the animal decided to head downstream and was followed by myself and a local lady.
He went as far as the base of Log Jam Peninsula before returning to Platys Pool where we both obtained some excellent closeup photos.
No Green Ringtail Possums were spotted along the Overhanging Bushes or the Narrows, but at Stringers Stretch I found two moderately large Saw-shelled Turtles lying in shallow water at the base of the bank with their heads above water.
The Golden Orb-weavers were still present just below the Highway Bridge and the Brushtail Possum was still in residence at the middle of the Bridge.