Brown Goshawks

 Grey on head orange collar around neck greyish brown wings and tail

And yellow legs once seen to recognize them you will not  fail

Barred unders and brown breast they live Australia wide

They are medium sized hawks of the countryside

For killing chickens in backyards they are often to blame

Brown goshawks for them is their common name

On large nest of sticks high on taller tree

The female lay white eggs of  four, two or three

The females much larger than the males they hunt every day

One of Australia's most often seen medium sized birds of prey

To free range poultry breeders their raids on backyards come at a financial cost

Due to brown goshawks every year many chickens are lost

Smaller birds always mobbing them and trying to drive them from their territory

Thes hawks of the countryside that one often does see.