Scarlet Robins

A male scarlet robin on lower branch of tree In the wood-land not many as pretty as he With dark head and dark back and scarlet red breast Lovely to look at but as a songster not one of the best. Often see them in the wood overlooking the town The female the plain one of light gray to brown Like most female wild birds inconspicuous and quiet Yet she's not unattractive when seen in the sunlight. Three to four bluish purply blotched eggs the female bird lay These birds I see often though not every day Their nest hard to find for the creatures of prey Camouflaged in high undergrowth or behind bark hidden away. Familiar in his red breast and known by his quiet little song The male scarlet robin one should not get him wrong And the female the plain one in light brown to gray These birds I see often though not every day.