Mistletoe Birds

They feed on ripened fruits of mistletoe And spread the parasite where'er they go Their droppings on the branches germinate And mistletoe in this way they create. An enemy of gum trees some might say But Nature never fails to have it's way By spreading mistletoe to life they give The trees must suffer for the birds to live. Fruit eating small birds males with red on breast With spiders webs they bind their tiny nest And in the spring or early summer lay Three to four eggs of lightish pale to gray. Nomadic birds their journeys take them far And where mistletoe fruit is ripe they always are And an enemy of gum trees some might say But Nature never fails to have it's way. --------------------