Some Fledglings in AZ

My 8 year-old sister came running in the house one day telling me that there was a baby bird in our front yard. It was a fledgling sparrow and it was so darn cute. As we were holding him, we spotted yet ANOTHER fledgling across the street and this one was a mockingbird! And then, I kid you not, we actually found a third baby - another mockingbird. We held the babies for a little bit, and the mockingbird parents were getting very mad and flying straight at us and squawking, so we let them go.

Here's the little sparrow (after releasing him, I did eventually see at least one parent come down to him). He was pretty calm and relaxed:





Here's one of the mockingbirds - they were both very noisy:



I tried to get some shots of the parents fake-attacking us, but they didn't turn out perfectly:





Apparently it was 'leave the nest' day. We put out some bird seed and bought some crickets which we released into the area for them.

Also, I found this neat beetle the other night. Does anyone know what it is?



Thanks for taking the time to look!

i know this thread is really old, but that is a kind of hister beetle

Thanks for the info!

Mockingbirds are my favorite bird.

There is a baby mocking bird at our local rehab center where I volunteer! He is so cool!

Ahhh they are adorable! When I was little I always wondered if the parents got the little babies back in the nest somehow xD.

BSLMichael said:

Ahhh they are adorable! When I was little I always wondered if the parents got the little babies back in the nest somehow xD.

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I used to always think that too! When I was a kid, my family's cat brought a fledgling home, uninjured. I took it from him and mom bird just kept following me and squawking until I let it go in a safer area, but I was looking for the nest to put it back into!