This tiny, acrobatic Verdin is one of those small birds that seems never to sit still. In the Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch in Gilbert, Arizona a couple of weeks ago, we watched this Verdin plow its way under, over, and through this Desert Broom, a native plant that provides cover for birds and other wildlife. In the fall, its plume-like buds open into white-tasseled seed pods that are dispersed by the wind, or, in this case, by the head of a Verdin.