The Rufous Fantail

The little rufous fantail with his tail feathers fanned out He seldom ever takes a rest he likes to fly about He's ever chasing bees and flies from dawn till dark of day And flitting in and out of trees just like his cousin 'gray' The rufous fantail is one bird who lives up to his name I once see one in darkening wood he looked like darting flame With fanned out tail and rufous rump and brown spots through breast gray, white And they do look quite attractive birds when seen in the sunlight. The rufous fantail seldom rest he's always on the go And hunting for insects in the trees and flitting to and fro But he doesn't show much fear of man he lets you get quite near Of human kind this little bird shows very little fear. In cup shaped nest felted with spiders webs they raise their family Twelve foot or so above the ground in fork of younger tree These beautiful fly catching birds who live up to their name Who when seen in a darkening wood look like a darting flame.