The Forgotten Song

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[Music plays and an image appears of different songbirds in trees and text appears: All the birds have their song]

[Image continues to move to the left showing more songbirds in trees and text appears: … but Regent has forgotten his]

[Image changes to show an adult and a baby Regent Honeyeater on a branch together, and text appears: Regent’s father learnt it from his father…]

[New text appears at the bottom of the screen: … who learnt it from his father but…]

[Image changes to show a smoggy city, and text appears: … Regent’s home has disappeared and no one is there to teach him]

[Image changes to show a Regent Honeyeater singing on a tree branch, and text appears: Will the Regent Honeyeater’s ancient song…]

[Image continues to move to the left and text appears below: … be lost forever?]

[Image changes to show a black screen and the two lines of text from the previous screen appear moving together to read: Will the Regent Honeyeater’s ancient song be lost forever?]

[Image changes to show a photo of a Regent Honeyeater sitting on a branch, and text appears: Discover the real Regent Honeyeater, Photo Mick Roderick]

[Image changes to show a photo of an adult and baby Regent Honeyeater in a tree branch, and text appears: And the efforts being taken to save their beautiful song]

[Image changes to show The Forgotten Song, Saving the Regent Honeyeater book cover inset, and the CSIRO Publishing logo and text appears: Available in all good bookstores and online, Music bensound.com]