Birds Fly In Small Flocks Poem by Francis Duggan

Birds fly in small flocks to their roosting trees nearby
And the thunder is cracking in the gray evening sky
The currawongs all day in their songs forecasting rain
As forecasters of the weather they have got it right again
It is a gray ending to a nice sunny day
When thunder is rumbling heavy rain is on the way
Weather-wise September is changeable in the early Spring
Four Seasons in a day in Victoria is not an uncommon thing
But as the warm and dry days of Summer with each passing day drawing near
Rain is always welcome at this time of the year
In the warmth of the mid day sunshine the pied currawongs
On the high trees were calling with rain in their songs
And in the darkening twilight birds in small flocks do fly
To roost for the night on the trees nearby.