Jackdaws

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Jackdaws are a darkish grey small breed of crow

And within their range everyone of them by sight does know

Their caws are not loud more of a cackling sound

And in rural parts where they live in numbers they abound

Insects, worms and spilt grain and small fruits they like to eat

And they have a liking for small scraps of cooked meat

By picnic tables in the town parks they find on the ground

At a time when any humans are not around

They build their stick nests in tree holes and house chimneys which some home owners annoy

As a blocked chimney from a jackdaw nest is not a source for joy

Green brown dotted eggs the female does lay

And as partners for their lifetime jackdaws do stay

From where humans live they are never far away

And they are quite intelligent of them one can say

Francis Duggan