Winthrop and Rapaire, I am with you. A few years ago, before he moved to Brunei, I used to sometimes accompany my brother Adrian bird watching on Black Mountain in Canberra. We used to tiptoe around the mountain, where echidnas, kangaroos and many different birds hang out. There are also some rare species in this area, including the rasping cricket (Arrola platystyla), which occurs only in the ACT, and the pygmy mole cricket (Dendrydactylus keyi);
Some of the birds we saw included Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo, Kookaburras, many types of honey eaters, Superb Fairy Wrens and many more, including Crimson Rosellas, Galahs and Sulphur Crested White Cockatoos.

but my friend Anton Pinkovsky has done a little study on bird watching, I will try and get him to drop it in, I'm sure you would find it fascinating.

regards

freda