The Little Ravens Or The Pale Eyed Crow

So many in south eastern Australia of them do know
The Australian little ravens or the pale eyed crow
In town parks and rural paddocks seen and heard every day
Quite intelligent birds as most corvids are of them one can say

Of dark glossy feathers and pale greenish eyes
For their intelligence at problem solving they never cease to surprise
I have seen them dip dry crusts of bread in the shallow margins of a dam or lake
The bread softer and easier for them to eat on this way they do make

On nest of sticks on branch of medium sized tree
In Spring and Summer pale green spotted eggs from six down to three
In place of her choosing the female bird lay
Her and her male partner mob any aerial predator that ventures their way

That they are quite intelligent birds i have come to realize
And by their appearance and long drawn out caws not hard to recognize
In south eastern Australia  most people of them do know
The little ravens or the pale eyed crow.