The 55-200 does a great job.This lens is why I got into the Fuji sytem.The IS is outstanding. Not the easiest guys to photograph with the XE-1 with only has CDAF unlike the later models .Had to use manual focus as it's quite a decent size tree with dense foilage and they don't sit still for long
Take it easy on him now, the winter weather in his part of Australia can get pretty extreme with overnight temps all the way down to (12C) this time of year ;-)