This is a list of episodes from the CBS television comedy The Andy Griffith Show.
The first episode aired on October 3, 1960, and the final episode aired on April 1, 1968.
The backdoor pilot for the series was an episode of The Danny Thomas Show, "Danny Meets Andy Griffith", which first aired on February 15, 1960.
in season" for the pilot dictate the airing and location of the episode within the parent series.
Opie accidentally kills a mother bird with his new slingshot, and decides to care for the three baby birds left behind.