Australian Magpies

The warbling flute like notes always pleasant to hear

Of the birds who do sing every day of the year

Crow sized black and white  birds who are in reality piping shrike

The Australian magpies do not have a look alike

In untidy saucer type of nest lined with grass high on a tree

The female lay brown spotted bluish eggs never more than three

At breeding time they are very aggressive in defense of their territory

And they even attack and swoop humans regularly

With quite a distinctive warbling flute like song

Once seen and once heard you never again get them wrong

They do have a huge range Australia wide

And they live in town parks and in the countryside

Birds i hear and see many times every day

Familiar Australians of them one can say.