This morning the children discovered a fledgling on our front ledge.  We needed to move him because we did not want the dogs to find him and we did not know how well he could fly.
Adrian tried to get him, but the bird hopped away. Â Then Megan tried and he hopped right on her hand! Â He perched for a very short while and then fluttered away. Â He did not fly well at all.
The kids slowly tried to catch him again to move him and he fluttered to the wall and perched there.  Since he was safe there, we watched him until he flew away to another branch and then Adrian watched until he flew to a much safer tree in the woods.
Here is Megan’s view of the story.
We found a fledgling.  She was very cute. I named her Rose. She is very pretty.  She is soft soft. I was glad to be able to hold her.  I wish Adrian could have too.