And it looks like this parrot, also of remarkable plumage, definitely was not "tired and shagged out after a long squawk" then, eh?! Television viewers in the UK (and perhaps most readers of this blog?) have been fortunate these past few weeks, since the BBC began airing the new documentary series "Last Chance to See" where Stephen Fry joined zoologist Mark Carwardine in retracing a journey the latter shared with the late Douglas Adams when they went around the world looking for species literally on the brink of extinction!






