Emus

Their tiny wings so weak and useless condemn them to life on the ground The National birds of Australia in large flocks are not to be found Yet not seen as an endangered species emus are not seen everywhere And in parts of their range which seems a worry the big birds are becoming rare The female emu is not a devoted parent she leaves the hard work to her mate He raises the chicks all on his own and the eggs on his own incubate He is such a wonderful father his chicks with his life he defend And only when his young become self sufficent his role as a sole parent does end The emu's voice is rather guttural a sort of a deep drumming sound The fastest running birds in Australia each day they cover acres of ground The emu's eggs are of a dark green even for a large bird quite large eggs she lay And to lay up to twenty eggs for her must be hard work the only part in parenting she does play They are not on the list of the endangered and they are birds one does not see every day But they do have a curious nature which can be their undoing sad to say.