The weather was hot and sticky, how locals could survive this weather all his life? He didnt know, the only thing that could make his mood better was capturing "Aviphantasia veridica", one of the most colourful birds he had ever seen on documentaries as a child, and one of the reasons for Rui to become interested in being an Ornithologist. Sadly, going into his years at college, the species was declared extinct due to extreme jungle wildfires.

Rui dugs through his pocket and unfolds the creased photo; In the blurry image, hope sprouted from Rui's chest, at perhaps the last Hybrid Lightning Fantail on earth. , he smooths it down onto the map, telling his team to slow the boat and pull onto the banks of the river; they were close.

Hours pass, traps and cameras were set; Rui and his team hiding in the bushes, waiting for the hybrid to appear in their sights. His heartbeat rushed through his ears, his hands shakily gripping a camera and emergency sedative. It was actually happening, they could see the tracks, the decaying skins of fruit, broken down nests in the tree canopies, for gods sake he even had a FEATHER in his pocket from what was believed to be an extinct bird!! Now they just had to play the waiting game, and by god was he good at waiting...