text: has anyone here ever seen a lyre bird??????? just wondering- i have seen clips and am fascinated by the little creatures. i sure have ... in captivity at healesville sanctuary, and in the wild too.    we live in melbourne, and we often go bushwalking in the forests about an hour's drive from melbourne ... just once, when we were bushwalking along well-defined tracks in the dandenong ranges, we had two male lyrebirds run right across the track right in front of us - about three metres from us - and then continue to run in circles, encircling us several times. we could tell they were two males, because they both had magnificent tails (the males have the larger tails than the females) ... they were obviously arguing over females or over territory, because they completely ignored us - they're usually very shy. we stood still, and they continued to chase one another and continued to cross the walking track right in front of us ... it was magical! thank you for reminding me of this - it was about two years ago.   and here's a great site if you're interested in australian animals - healesville sanctuary, part of melbourne zoo, and about two hours drive to the east of melbourne -  http://www.zoo.org.au/visiting.cfm?zoo_id=2 you can see lyrebirds at healesville sanctuary -  http://www.zoo.org.au/animal_page.cfm?area_id=35&zoo_id=2&animal_id=51