Red Wattlebirds

 Large grey brown freckled honeyeaters with a harsh grating call

Among the many species of nectar eating birds one of the most common of all

With red wattles hanging from under their ears, thin curved bills and red eyes

By their voices and appearance not hard to recognize

Of human kind wary but not very shy

Red wattlebirds the name that they are known by

They do not treat any other species of honeyeater as a friend

With aggression blossoming trees they do defend

In saucer type nest of grass, twigs and bark in bush or on fork of tree

The female lay pink brown spotted eggs of two or sometimes three

Migratory in habit within their range they do travel far

In flocks you often hear and see them where flowering bushes are

Within their range they are well known

These large honeyeaters with ways of their own.