'Watching extinction in real time': conservationists losing hope for Australia's swift parrot if logging continues

Experts predict there will be fewer than 100 individuals of the species by 2031 as the rate of decline in population grows fasterVote in the 2023 Australian bird of the year pollKeep up with all the Guardian/BirdLife Australia bird of the year coverage here"They're really cute. They are very chatty. When they're around you know they're around," says conservation scientist Giselle Owens. "They make this little flying call - it goes 'pip, pip, pip, pip'."So fascinated was Owens by the critically endangered swift parrot, she is writing a PhD on the bird, which is one of just two migratory parrot species in the world, and the farthest flying.Sign up for Guardian Australia's free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading...