S1, E3: Bird smuggling is a serious crime in Australia, and when it comes home to Habitat, it takes the combined efforts of the twins, Sonny, and Ranger Dave to prevent it. There are two men involved - one would do anything for the ‘big bucks’, and the other is a local who provides a boat to get the birds down river to a ship waiting to take them overseas. Skippy, Lou and Jerry combine to release the men’s original prey, and the criminals get the desperate idea of stealing the collection of native birds out of the aviary at Habitat. But when there are no bird calls to wake the Hammonds and Thel next morning, they are all immediately on to the case, and quick action sees the criminals caught on the jetty at Habitat, with Ranger Dave on hand, and the men’s boat drifting helplessly in the middle of the river, with a little help from Skippy releasing the rope that tethers it. Here’s one lot of birds that will never leave Australia!