Birds I Hear And See Often Poem by Francis Duggan

They are birds I hear and see often almost every day
The new Holland honeyeaters in black, gold and grey
Distinctive on their appearance and their loud chirping song
Once seen and once heard you never again get them wrong
They defend their flowering bushes and trees in an aggressive way
And from their territory manage to drive larger wattle birds away
Tiny birds in the face of aggression who do not display any fear
In their loud chirping they warn all other birds that a predator to their territory is near
Two or three pink spotted eggs in cup of grass and twigs the female bird lay
In a low prickly bush from view well camouflaged one can say
At breeding time they do accept none as a friend
Their eggs and their young with aggression they defend
Mental images of them are not hard to retain
Once seen and once heard you will know them again.