Masked Lapwing

Masked lapwing or spur wing plovers names they are known by At breeding time quite noisy and not in any way shy When nesting they do trust none as a friend They are very aggressive with nesting borders to defend They mob humans or animals and birds of prey That into their nesting territory happen to stray In defence of their eggs or young above their territory they scream as they fly To move on invaders beyond their borders their best they do try With dark heads yellow wattles, unders white and backs brown Birds often seen in the countryside and in parks of every rural town On scrape in ground four blotched olive eggs the female bird lay In their breeding Season they proclaim their territory by night and by day Aggressive and noisy birds with ways of their own In eastern Australia they are widely known.