With bare yellow skin under yellow eyes, white tips on wings, yellow legs and mostly dark brown
They are known as common mynahs by name
And when captured for pets they are among the easiest of birds to tame
In many of Australia's big towns and cities they are established today
Though looked on by many as pests the mynahs are here to stay
In a hole in a tree or a wall in a nest of grass and scraps of paper the female bird lay
Three to five eggs of light pale to grey
Familiar by sight and in their scratchy song
They multriply by the year in numbers their urge to breed is strong
Quite cheeky birds who enjoy the town life and like to have their say
They live on insects and scraps of food humans throw away
Visual memories of them you are bound to retain
And once seen and once heard you will know them again.
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