IntroductionPart head: Bird watching 101Why do we need this book?Our first bird watchersHow to use this bookGlossaryPart head: The birdsAustralian PelicanGreat CormorantLittle Black CormorantLittle Pied CormorantAustralasian DarterSilver Gull Bush Stone-curlewMasked LapwingBlack Swan Australian Wood Duck Grey TealPacific Black DuckNorthern MallardAustralasian GrebeWhite-faced HeronGreat EgretIntermediate EgretEastern Cattle EgretLittle EgretEastern Reef Egret Australian White IbisStraw-necked IbisAustralasian SwamphenEurasian CootDusky MoorhenAustralian Brush-turkeyOrange-footed ScrubfowlEastern OspreyWhite-bellied Sea-eagleWhistling KiteBrahminy KiteBlack Kite Brown GoshawkPacific BazaNankeen KestrelAustralian HobbyPeregrine FalconEastern Barn OwlSouthern BoobookPowerful OwlTawny FrogmouthYellow-tailed Black-CockatooGang-gang CockatooGalahLong-billed CorellaWestern CorellaLittle CorellaSulphur-crested CockatooRainbow LorikeetRed-collared LorikeetScaly-breasted LorikeetMusk LorikeetLittle LorikeetPurple-crowned LorikeetSwift ParrotAustralian King ParrotAustralian RingneckCrimson RosellaEastern RosellaPale-headed RosellaRed-rumped ParrotRock Dove (Feral Pigeon)Laughing DoveSpotted DoveCrested PigeonPeaceful DoveBar-shouldered DovePheasant Coucal Eastern KoelChannel-billed CuckooLaughing KookaburraSacred KingfisherRainbow Bee-eater DollarbirdWelcome SwallowFairy MartinTree MartinYellow-rumped ThornbillSpotted PardaloteStriated PardaloteSuperb Fairy-wrenSplendid Fairy-wrenRed-backed Fairy-wrenVariegated Fairy-wrenSinging HoneyeaterWhite-plumed HoneyeaterLewin's HoneyeaterYellow-faced HoneyeaterScarlet HoneyeaterBrown HoneyeaterNew Holland HoneyeaterEastern SpinebillSpiny-cheeked HoneyeaterBlue-faced HoneyeaterNoisy MinerBell MinerWestern WattlebirdLittle WattlebirdRed WattlebirdYellow WattlebirdHelmeted FriarbirdSilver-crowned FriarbirdNoisy FriarbirdLittle FriarbirdBlack-faced Cuckoo-shrikeWhite-breasted WoodswallowPied CurrawongPied ButcherbirdGrey ButcherbirdBlack ButcherbirdAustralian MagpieWhite-winged ChoughAustralian RavenLittle RavenTorresian CrowSatin BowerbirdGreat BowerbirdAustralasian FigbirdOlive-backed OrioleSpangled DrongoMagpie-larkGrey FantailWilly WagtailRufous WhisterOlive-backed SunbirdMistletoebirdRed-whiskered BulbulSilvereyeCommon BlackbirdSong ThrushCommon MynaCommon StarlingDouble-barred FinchRed-browed FinchNutmeg MannikinHouse Sparrow Eurasian Tree SparrowEuropean GoldfinchEuropean GreenfinchPart head: Next level birdwatchingHow to see more birds in your backyardFacing up to some big issuesCan bird watching make you happy?Where to next?References and useful resources AcknowledgmentsIndex.