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I will spare you the picture of the wounded morning dove but here are the details of the rescue written by Emma for the kids' UIEA Magazine (Utah International Explorers Association):   

The Adams kids were walking home from school one day, and found an injured bird lying on the side of the road.  They went home, got a cardboard box, and put a towel in it.  Then they quickly took the box back to where the bird was, placed the bird inside, closed the top of the box, and carried it home.  Later that night, they took the box that contained the bird to the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Ogden, UT.

All of that is true.  While I was not thrilled about the long drive to Ogden on a school night, the rescue center told us the bird would likely not make it till the morning unless we got it there.  So, since Zach's baseball practice was cancelled and Nate was working late, (and Zach was crying "we can't let it die when we could do something about it!")  the kids threw on jammies, we picked Emma up from piano, ate hot dogs in the car, and off we went, while I prayed like mad that the bird would live at least till Ogden.  Thankfully, it did – and after a week or so was even upgraded from "critical" to "doing much better" when Zach called to check on it.  And that is how the explorers saved the bird.