On Long Billed Corellas

Within their range birds one often does see

White members of the cockatoo family

With long hooked thin bill and red feathers on  their face

Mostly non migratory they live their lives in one place

Often kept in aviaries they are not hard birds to tame

Long billed corella is their common name

The female lay white eggs of two or three

In cavity high in trunk of old growth tree

In flocks in large numbers they do abound

Often seen searching for bulbs and seeds and roots on the ground

To town parks and grain crops damage often by them done

And because of  this some enemies for themselves they have won

High on the trees in large flocks quite noisy before roosting at night

Within their range they are a common sight.