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!