On Seeing A Flock Of Starlings Poem by Francis Duggan

A flock of starlings in the evening sky
It takes me back in time to days gone by
To distant land my Homeland miles away
The starlings a familiar sight each day.

They searched for insects in grdens, lawns and leas
And perched on fences, electricity lines and trees
And as they flew from tree to fence post and to gate
Scraps of songs of others they would imitate.

It's been said that they compete for nest sites with native birds
And some ornithologists for them use coarser words
But in their coming to Australia they had no say
As 'twas Europeans first brought them when they came to stay

A huge flock of starlings a familiar sight
As they flew towards roosting place to spend their night
And i marvelled at the swiftness of their flight
As they hurried homeward in the fading light.

A flock of starlings in the evening sky
It takes me back in time to days gone by
To distant Land my Homeland miles away
The starlings a familiar sight each day.