The mockingbird lives in a open country with thickets, farmland and desert brush. In Maycomb, one could most probably find greenery such as bushes and trees, and not flowers. Mockingbirds only sing for others with their heart and does not harm anyone. These mockingbirds are present in Maycomb as they represent the blacks, telling the people of Maycomb that the blacks aren't neccessarily all bad and evil people. Mockingbirds also attaacks others only when they get others get too close. They are also trying to say that the blacks would not attack unless when absolutely nessessary and that they are acting only on self-defence, not with evil intentions.