The Verdin is a hansome little bird that is common in the
shrubs of the Southwestern Deserts. After we finished
photographing at the Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve in
Henderson, NV we met a group of hummingbird banders in the
parking lot. They caught humming birds in a cage outfitted
with an almost invisible thread that could be pulled from
30 years away to close the trap door after a visitor
approached the food. This time they caught a Verdin and I
photographed it in the bander's hand.