On Magpie Larks

Familiar to many of them one might say These black and white mud nesting birds one does see every day Known as mudlark or magpie lark or to some as pee wee They build cup shaped nest of mud on fork of low branch of tree In the town park picking insects off of the grass or the town nature strips them one does see And when in the mood for singing they call out pee wee In towns and country places to many well known One can say of them they are Australia's own Good friends of the gardeners since they keep insects at bay They allow you to get close to them before flying away Migratory a name to them that does not apply To far away places they never do fly Familiar in their appearance and their often repeated song Once seen and once heard one should not get them wrong.