The Too Trusting Rosellas

When fed seed by the well meaning they do become trusting of people Which in a sense seems a small shame They perch on heads and eat seeds from hand And for their own good do become too tame For greedy person for financial gain may capture them And for good price to a bird fancier them then sell For crimson rosellas are very popular aviary birds And from capturing and selling wildlife some do financially quite well. With red and blue and mottled brown through crimson on back In their natural state great beauty they display And that they should be captured and sold does seem rather cruel But people who lack in empathy behave in such a way. Around parks and garden bird feeders they quickly grow tame And they perch on humans and of them lose all fear And bird poachers advantage of them do take Capture them and sell them such stories are sad to hear.