By Their Long Drawn Out Caws Poem by Francis Duggan

By their long drawn out caws not hard to get to know
The birds known to many as the pale eyed crow
Familiar to many in their corvid way
I hear and see them often in fact every day
Known to some as Aussie little ravens in their feathers dark as coal
At a time when Global warming of many bird species is taking it's toll
The pale eyed crows in numbers seem to multiply
The tag of Nature's survivors to them must apply
Quite intelligent in their ways as most corvids are
Few of them ever become victims of bus, truck or car
Clever birds indeed as i have come to realize
I even have witnessed them with my own eyes
Soaking hard dry bread in water which to them is a natural thing
Though their praises you never do hear many sing.