The Pacific Black Backed Gulls

They feed along the sea shore every day And often venture further out the bay And roost on rocks by the Pacific sea Where they feel safe from any enemy. The juvenile birds all over brownish gray Unlike the adult birds in their array And adults white unders and head and feathers black On tail and wings and shoulders and on back. On Gippsland beaches birds I oft times see The black backed gulls of seagull family Though compared to smaller silver gulls their numbers few The black backed gulls seem on the increase too. When human venture near away they fly These black backed gulls of human kind still shy They feed along the sea shore all the day And oft times venture further out the bay.