The Song Thrush

Introduced to Melbourne where they do seem rare The thrush that was made famous by John Clare In his famed poem known as The Thrush's Nest About the brown bird with the brown spots on his grey breast. A cup shaped nest of leaves and twigs and mosses made Where much attention to detail is paid Four or five pale green blue eggs with black spots here and there In small bush or tree hidden from predators of the air. I often heard the song thrush at daybreak His song once heard one never can mistake There is a certain sweetness to his song You know the bird to whom the voice belong. A plain looking bird far more beautiful than he But his song it lingers in the memory The male bird has a favourite tree on which to sing One of Nature's leading feathered minstrels of the Spring. Made famous by John Clare almost two centuries ago About the song thrush a little bit I know In Melbourne parks and gardens nowadays rare As singing birds few with them to compare