House Sparrows

 In south eastern Australia small birds you see in your backyard every day

In feathers of mottled brown, chestnut, dark and grey

Whose ancestors were introduced from Lands far away

Near human buildings they seem happy to stay

In many Countries of the World house sparrows are well known

Cheeky little chirpers with ways of their own

In straggly nest lined with feathers of dried grass or hay

In shed rafters or tree four to six white eggs the female bird lay

House sparrows are chirpers they chirp all through the year

On garden hedges them one often see and hear

Though some of them fall victims of cats and birds of prey

They are Nature's survivors of them one can say

Beauty as such they do not have to display

But they are in south eastern Australia to stay

Of  humans they never do seem that shy

They allow you get close to them before they fly

Once seen and once heard you never again get them wrong

House sparrows are chirpers they do not have a song

Small birds that have been introduced in Countries Worldwide

Near human buildings they like to reside.