Known for its friendly ‘cheet cheet’ call and energetic flying antics, the aptly named fantail is one of the most common and widely distributed native birds on the New Zealand mainland. Common he may be, but it's very difficult to catch a photo of one with it's tail fanned out. Still trying
I said the same thing on @kiwinanna's post today. Fantails are so quick. Sadly the one in our garden seems to have disappeared - I hope he's just moved on to pastures new.
