These Are Them!

Melaleuca.

Du Fresne is in the bird hide, on his own.

He is watching for orange-bellied parrots.

He has already spotted a few.

But how to tell if they have made their way here on a ferry?

A human enters the bird hide.

Du Fresne melts into the shadows. Something lobster sea captains do well.

The human takes out a pair of binoculars.

And looks through them.

The human takes out a note pad, and writes something down.

He places the notepad on the ledge of the bird hide, and continues watching.

What has he written? 

Du Fresne risks a look.

To do this he must emerge from the shadows, leave the bird hide, find a stick, return to the bird hide, and quietly poke at the notebook until it falls softly outside.

Plop.

Du Fresne goes outside. There on the ground is the notebook.

The binoculars of the human are visible at the window of the bird hide.

The human has not noticed the loss of the notebook.

Du Fresne reads what the human has written.

UNUSUAL GATHERING OF O-B P's. 

Aha! This could mean only one thing.

Or, maybe more than one thing. 

But it is worth reporting.

......

Crackle crackle.

Baudin slides back under his rock.

Re-emerges.

Any more news? asks Roo-kai.

Promising, says Baudin. A human bird watcher has reported an unusual gathering of O-B P's.

They may be gathering to hear the Tzeets tell their story, says Roo-kai.

They may, says Baudin. Of course there could be multiple reasons.

Is Du Fresne able to get any closer? asks Roo-kai.

He is currently trying, says Baudin. 

......

Du Fresne has tried.

He is now as close as he can get without being spotted by the unusual gathering.

They are gathered around two very small ones.

The gathering falls silent. 

What can we tell you? asks one of the small ones.

What was it like on the ferry? asks a bigger one.

YES! thinks Du Fresne. These are them!