We all know kookaburras
love to sit in old gumtrees,
But how ‘bout welcome swallows
twirling on the breeze?

The palm cockatoo
loves to drum his homemade sticks,
While his cousin, with the sulphur crest,
loves to do his tricks.

The colourful rainbow lorikeet
loves to play and chatter,
But the serious powerful owl 
likes to focus on things that matter.

Curious black and white magpies
like to warble right on dawn,
Whilst the crow caws away
His sound is most forlorn.

Beautiful little fairy wrens
are hopping all day long,
While the pied butcherbird
sings his melodic song.

The scatter-brained bush turkey
likes to scratch around,
While spotted green catbirds
make an awful wailing sound.

What a wonderful, noisy, crazy,
Colourful and cheery bunch,
Who tweet and chirp and caw 
and laugh and drum and screech and munch.

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