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Duck shooters in L Levy see no good
But Laurie Levy been misunderstood
And without the likes of Laurie as a friend
So many ducks would have a cruel end.

L Levy is the man duck shooters hate
But I think he is absolutely great
He stand between the duck and shooter's gun
And does his outmost best to spoil their fun.

L Levy's actions speak louder than words
From shooters guns he try to save wild birds
And tears of...

Francis Duggan

At first I thought this has to be a crow
But as she flew white on her wings did show
Upwards to cup shaped mud nest wedged in bough
And then I knew she is the white winged chough.

So many people seem to get it wrong
And mistake chough for the pied currawong
But currawongs eyes are yellow choughs are red
By similarities we tend to be misled.

And others who of bird life little know
Say white winged chough is thin billed...

Francis Duggan

They feed along the sea shore every day
And often venture further out the bay
And roost on rocks by the Pacific sea
Where they feel safe from any enemy.

The juvenile birds all over brownish gray
Unlike the adult birds in their array
And adults white unders and head and feathers black
On tail and wings and shoulders and on back.

On Gippsland beaches birds I oft times see
The black backed gulls of seagull family
...

Francis Duggan

If there was a ranking for birds, the Neotropic Cormorant would probably occupy the lower parts of it. They are very common at its range whanever there's open water with fish in it. They are a bit ugly, with it's all black color. Experienced twitchers may not even raise the binocular to take a look at them. I, too, never really gave much attention to them... even though I'm not a twitcher.

There's a lake close to home where a lot of them fish and come to roost every evening. Other...

Aracari

They looked like African lovebirds that I see
On trees near Dimboola in the Vic Mallee
But then I told myself this cannot be
As African lovebirds in Australia don't live free.

Lit by a shaft of bright April sun shine
On pleasant evening in middle Autumn time
Small green feathered Parrots with red faces and dark bills
On eucalyptus branches uttered high pitched trills.

It took me back to photograph I'd seen
Of little red...

Francis Duggan