The Pacific Black Backed Gulls

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
Though compared to smaller silver gulls their numbers few
The black backed gulls seem on the increase too.

When human venture near away they fly
These black backed gulls of human kind still shy
They feed along the sea shore all the day
And oft times venture further out the bay.