“Birdsong sounds” by Celia Berrell

Birdsong sounds

We can:

cackle like a Kookaburra,

hoot like an owl,

coo like a dove

or cluck like a fowl.

But some bird sounds

need whistling skills,

to copy Willie Wagtails

or Fairy-Wren trills.

While other birdsongs

are too hard to do –

screeching like Galahs

hurts my voice box too!

inspired by the Birds In Backyards website, where you can listen to 40 different Australian backyard birdsongs:

Australian Children’s Poetry Website