“Suddenly, a parrot’s sharp cry pierced the gloom of the cloudy forest, and was immediately joined by a chorus of other birds in the mist. The ghostly silhouettes of fourteen parrots spiralled downwards to alight in the trees nearby. In those few seconds, brilliant flashes of emerald greens, cobalt blues and scarlet reds flashed before us and we thought we were witnessing a miracle from heaven, as one of the world’s rarest birds descended before our very eyes.”