On forests paths if you are walking sometimes them you might see
Dark brown mottled grey breasted birds of the Australian thrush family
Australian ground thrushes they are mostly known of by name
And their beautiful flute like song one of their claims to fame
In untidy bowl like nest of bark and rootlets in fork of tree
The female lay greenish freckled eggs of two or three
Mostly shy and quiet birds who find their food on the ground with ways of their own
Australian ground thrushes are not that well known
I have never seen them in gardens or parks of a town
One reason they remain as strangers to bird renown
If you are walking on a forest track of one you may catch sight
And their rather pleasant song can be a source for delight
They are not well known because they live in wooded places and can be quite shy
But of their true worth as fine songsters none of them should deny.
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