These Rainbow Lorikeets were in the same tree I photographed two weeks before but at a different hollow. They were initially outside the hollow but went to the lip of it. They lined up on the lip and commenced mutual preening. First one, then the other, then back and forward. They would preen one bit of the head, then swap; next time preening a different part of the head. They appeared to be enjoying it, with tongues occasionally being displayed like an extra sign of enjoyment. Then first one, then the other flew off to a branch near the hollow. They did not stay long there before flying southwards.
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