Captured during migration monitoring at Last Mountain Bird Observatory
Black head and beak, spotted a pair in a suburban garden. They look like wattlebirds, couldn’t get a sightline on their backs.
Lots seen on the way to St. Kilda.
Dark opercular membrane edge. 12-13 dorsal rays, 11 anal rays.
We saw about 10 monarch butterflies and monarch caterpillar larva at multiple stages.