In early July I visited Pickering Creek Audubon Center with my 8-yr old
grand 
daughter. I help monitor their 60 Bluebird boxes. I planned to check a few
of the easy-to-reach boxes to give Emily a chance to view some baby
Bluebirds.  One of these boxes was A-2, where my previous checking has shown
a couple of Chickadee eggs.  I wanted to show Emily some baby Chickadees, so
made it a point to include that box.  I even told her what to expect.
  When I opened the box, the Chickadee-type nest was indeed there, but when
I
touched it to get a view of contents - out popped a baby Carolina Wren!  I
quickly (and fairly easily) caught the wren on the ground - after closing
the front of the box - and was then able to let Emily closely examine the
baby wren,
including a few friendly petting strokes on its head - then I slipped it
back into the nest with its three siblings - closed the box - and 
carefully told it to stay there until it got a bit older.  Emily was
delighted with
the whole scene.  She was similarly thrilled to get close-up looks at baby
Bluebirds in
boxes B-10 and B-12.
   
Les Roslund
Talbot County
Easton, MD