On Little Ravens

So much about them for to learn of and know
The birds known as little ravens or the pale eyed crow
Of human kind they are suspicious and shy
But that they are clever birds of them none can deny

Of glossy black feathers and greenish palish eyes
Birds smarter than most people seem to realize
I have seen them dip hard crusts of bread in water to soften to eat
And they often raid rubbish bins for scraps of meat

Smaller than their cousins the Australian ravens who have a long drawn out caw
Though similar in some ways the difference between them not hard to draw
The little ravens have less prominent throat feathers and are smaller in size
And that their caws are much shorter one comes to realize

The females lay greenish spotted eggs of six down to three
On flat nest of sticks on high branch of tall tree
Where people are and food is  they are always nearby
And that they are very clever birds of them none can deny.