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Late last year, Dr Matthew Webb arrived at a patch of forest on the east coast of Tasmania expecting to find swift parrots feeding on the creamy white eucalyptus blossom and flitting, with distinctive speed, to nearby nesting trees.
Dr Webb has been studying these birds â the fastest parrot on Earth â and their summer breeding sites in Tasmania for more than 15 years.
Bob Brown Foundation campaigner Jenny Weber in a logging coupe in the Huon Valley, Tasmania. The area of old-growth forest next to it, which is typical swift parrot habitat, is due to be logged soon.
Credit:Jason South