Some Birds Sight Unseen Poem by Francis Duggan

Some birds sight unseen by their song one can tell
And one bird by his whistling that is known quite well
Lives in the fringe of the woodland in the sparsely treed bush
The bird known to many as the gray shrike thrush
For birds of quiet places they are not even shy
They sing in full view of a watching human to them nearby
Not the prettiest to look at in feathers of brown and gray
But among Australia's finest feathered songsters of them one can say
One who can be heard at most times of the year
His whistling so beautiful, melodious and clear
Birds i have yet for to see in a park of the town
To be beautiful songsters their claim to bird renown
They live at the fringe of the woodland in the sparsely treed bush
The birds known to many as the grey shrike thrush.