In parks and paddocks of rural south eastern Australia birds one often does see
Quite aggressive in defense of their territory
White unders, pink legs, black on head and neck, yellow wattles and back and wings of brown
Birds often seen in parks of many a rural town
The female bird lay four yellow brown dotted eggs in a scrape on the bare ground
With scarce little cover though their young or eggs hard to be found
With noisy aggressioin their nest site they defend
At nesting time they do not trust anyone as a friend
At night in their breeding Season them one often does hear
A proof that to their nest a predator is skulking near
Not birds by bird breeders kept in avaries to tame
Masked lapwing or spur winged plovers they are known by either name
Seldom in large flocks in family groups they abound
They live on insects that they find on the ground.
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