Two little brown sparrows built a small nest on our screened in porch last year, but they never used it. They found an opening into the porch where the porch roof line crossed the house roof line. The nest has been sitting in the upper corner over the back door for a year.

This year they (or two others) decided to use it. Friday, the three babies decided to fly the coop. The problem was they flew into our screen porch, and the parents could not figure out how to get them on their way.

Clyde and Stout were very excited to see little critters on the porch. Kathy used a net to catch and release each one on the deck. Later that day, we spotted the parents working with the babies who were able to fly up into bushes far out of Clyde or Stout’s reach.