"The Thieving Magpie"

I am under the eye
Of a master spy
- a thieving magpie
He watches me
From a nearby tree
And if I’m not in view
He is quick to attack
A flight there and back
And he has the cheese
Put out to please
The smaller birds
Which quickly take flight
When he comes into sight


Written in June 2003 by Stella M Turk, MBE (born 1925)




Here are some more verses and poems by the British zoologist, naturalist and conservationist Stella Maris Turk, MBE.