On White Plumed Honeyeaters

Quite attractive birds of yellow, brown and gray And white plumes on either side of face them I do not see every day But in rural parks and gardens sometimes them one does see And from once seen and heard they remain in memory White plumed honeyeaters are not as territorial as some species of honeyeaters are In search of flowering trees they are known to travel far Two to three pink spotted eggs in cup shaped nest on tree fork of down and hay In Spring through Summer the female birds lay Their loud alarm call in flight not hard to recognize In the gray of the dawn before sunrise Their distinctive calls one often does hear Though of human kind they display a healthy fear The white plumed honeyeaters you see in your garden today Tomorrow may well be many kilometers away.