Raising a Carolina Wren Family, like all bird families, is a full-time job.  This is a big family -- six nestlings packed in a grass hut with an interior about the size of a baseball.  It took me days to count heads, but finally I saw all six beaks.  You'll understand the difficulty when you see the video -- there's a LOT of jostling going on!

As for the Chia Pet picture ... I finally have a camera in a location where I can mess with the focus as the nestlings grow.  This setting also has lots of natural light.  The combination yields (at least for now) an amazing image.  I won't be able to mess with the camera when these guys reach 12 days of age for fear of causing them to fledge prematurely.