Swifty

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[Music plays and an image appears of the cover of the book Swifty and the image shows a parrot flying across the cover, and text appears: Swifty, The Super-Fast Parrot, Stephanie Owen Reeder, Astrid Hicks]

[Image changes to show Swifty and other parrots flying through some bluegum trees, and text appears: Fly with Swifty as she grows from a hatchling to a fledgling, zipping and zooming through the blue-gum trees of Tasmania…]

[Image changes to show Swifty hanging upside down on a twig, and then the image changes to show Swifty perching on a twig, and text appears: … and makes the challenging migration journey…]

[Image changes to show Swifty perching on a twig eating blossoms, and then the image changes to show a close view of Swifty eating blossoms, and text appears: … following the blossom trail…]

[Image changes to show a group of parrots flying above a boat in the ocean, and then over some land, and text appears: … across Bass Strait…]

[Image changes to show Swifty flying around an Australian flag on the top of Parliament House, and text appears: … to mainland south-eastern Australia]

[Image changes to show Swifty flying past the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Sydney Opera House]

[Image changes to show Swifty flying past trees along the shore of the ocean, and text appears: Swifty faces many threats and dangers, but she must return home]

[Image changes to show Swifty and other parrots flying past a possum looking out of a hollow in a tree and a kookaburra sitting on a branch, and text appears: Will she make it?]

[Image changes to show Swifty flying through the air, and text appears: A captivating story of the remarkable, but critically endangered, swift parrot]

[Image changes to show Swifty and a mate in a tree hollow in the background, and the book cover Swifty in the foreground, and the CSIRO Publishing logo and text: Available from CSIRO Publishing and in bookstores, CSIRO Publishing, www.publish.csiro.au]