Sighting numbers were down this week due to the wet weather which produced 136mm (5½ inches) of rain. There was 63 bird sighting plus a further 7 heard; mammals and reptiles were 14 species seen. The bird highlight of the week was spotlighting a roosting Black Bittern high up in a tree beside Bushy Creek and of the reptiles it was a 2½m Slaty Grey snake which we only see occasionally.
The frogs were again busy calling throughout the week including this Graceful Treefrog Litoria gracilenta which took up residence in a small wet season pond.
Graceful Treefrog Litoria gracilentaThe Noisy Pitta has taken up calling again and was seen briefly flying into the rainforest. Topknot Pigeons had not been seen for a week but are still around and a group of 4 was seen feeding high up on some fruit in the lodge grounds. The Yellow-spotted Honeyeater chicks we were recording dissapeared presumed predated, Spangled Drongo are feeding chicks and several pairs of Spectacled Monarch are sitting on nests. A newly fledged Spotted Catbird was flapping aroung on the ground in the orchard with its anxious parents following it and chasing off Laughing Kookaburras.
Fungus - Filoboletus manipularis
The wet weather has bought out many species of fungi including this Filoboletus manipularis which is found on rotting wood in rainforests of NSW, QLD and South-East Asia.
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