The Regent Honeyeater
By Yunze C
The regent honeyeater, living up to its name
But now so endangered, what a shame!
Yet it wasn’t always this way, you must see
For this majestic bird used to be
As common as could be!
Now it’s chest, scalloped yellow on black
Is a sighting that is extremely lacked!
As the trees of their homes slowly disappear
The threat of them losing their food sources leers
And after that is extinction, there needs no seer.
Right now of these endangered birds there are so few
A male bird cannot even find a female to woo!
By the lucky off-chance, he does find one
His little ones look into the world with no-one
To teach them their soft bell-like song!