Sparrows Poem by Francis Duggan

From human dwellings never far away
House sparrows are birds one does see every day
In city and town parks and urban and suburban street
In their ways quite cheeky they are not shy or discreet
In their straggly nest lined with feathers of dried grass and hay
On shed rafters, under house eaves or on bushy trees the female bird lay
Four to six white eggs with brown dots from sight never well hidden away
Near human dwellings they do love to stay
Of people they never seem to live in dread
From park picnic tables whilst friends and families are eating they steal crumbs of bread
Of all of the birds of the world perhaps the best known
House sparrows are birds who have ways of their own
In town and in city and the countryside
Familiar to many they are known Worldwide.