On Willie Wagtails

Once seen and once heard to recognize them you never again will fail

The willie wagtail known to some as the Australian nightingale

In a cup shaped nest of grass felted with spiders webs on fork of branch of  tree 

The female lay pink dotted pale eggs of two or three

Their nest and their young with aggression they defend

On their breeding Season they do not treat anyone as a friend

In Australian backyards quite a common sight

In Spring they can often be heard singing at night

And perhaps this is the only reason why

The nickname of Australian nightingale to them does apply

Small black and white flycatchers with ever long wagging tails

The males with white on their eyebrows distinguish them from the females

Not the finest of songsters but with ways of their own

And to most Australians they are rather well known.