Lyrebird Poems - Poems about Lyrebird

Songs and chords they sing to us Almost every day, Some are very musical Some just sing their way. Though today when I was tuning in I heard it word for word The message from the greatest ave Our clever lyrebird… “I’ve talked with all the animals Of present circumstance The mourning of our people From gifting such a chance To share in all the beauty You...

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Raymond Littlejohn’s favorite bird to study was the lyrebird. He was an amateur ornithologist who recorded their sounds in the 60’s They are also called peacock-wrens and Australian birds of paradise They reside from southern Victoria to south-eastern Queensland. Their heritage dates back fifteen million years as evidenced by fossils Lyrebirds have an impressive ability to mimic natural and...

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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ nature's winged gadget cacophonic arguments reconcile the day ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ August 16, 2021...

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Mound in the wiregrass is the stage for the dancer in the hills, who steals the arias of others, then through the valley fills, a laugh, a whip, a cackle. Even a stolen axe's ring! Tales of the bush are spoken when a Lyrebird does sing....

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I passed by Old Man Banksia, a wonderfully gnarled tree, While trekking through the Jamison, a bushland pedigree, I saw the broad leaf of the Geebung, with its yelow frill, The distant sounds of Katoomba Falls with its water spill. Suddenly excitement grew, new noise, a whipping sound, Its shrilled call pierced the air, the unbelievable was found, A lyrebird with...

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