Poppy’s Bird House 2013

Filed under Birds, Canadiana, Festive, Gifts, Sun Catchers, Wildlife by on May 19, 2014 at 5:30 pm {no comments}

For our oldest granddaughter Poppy’s 1st Christmas we obtained this Wren/Nuthatch bird house from The Wild Bird Store in Calgary and attached the small stained glass poppy. Poppy’s mom and dad have a large treed back yard in Calgary with lots of many varieties of birds, bird feeders and bird houses. As of last report it appeared that chickadees were moving in/or just helping themselves to nesting material already deposited there. It will be interesting to see who gets to use it.

Poppy's WrenNuthatchHouse2013

 Stained Glass Poppy designed by Flory Wilkins

Wren/Nuthatch Bird House available at The Wild Bird Store Calgary, Alberta

Wrens – Spring 2014

Filed under Birds, Canadiana, Gifts, Sun Catchers, Wildlife by on May 17, 2014 at 5:30 pm {no comments}

These 4 Wrens are now available at The Wild Bird Store in Calgary. The measure approximately 4 inches by 4.5 inches and we used mostly Spectrum Glass, also 16 gauge tinned wire was used for the branch and the Wren legs.

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 Adaptation of design by Alison Ellis by Flory Wilkins

Blue Bird – Tree Swallow Bird Houses – Ryley & Brady

Filed under Birds, Festive, Gifts, Wildlife by on May 10, 2014 at 5:30 pm {no comments}

For Christmas 2013 we purchased these bird houses from The Wild Bird Store in Calgary. After staining the outside of each we fabricated and attached a small stained glass design of a Blue Bird/Tree Swallow, along with a name plate so both boys would be able to keep track of their bird houses and new residents. Recently they and their dad put up these bird houses and more pictures can be found on their mom’s picture blog at the following link.

http://dirtroadsab.blogspot.ca/2014/05/bird-houses.html

Brady'sBlueBirdTreeSwallowHouse2013

The next picture is of Ryley’s bird house.

Ryely'sBlueBirdTreeSwallowHouse2013

Stained Glass birds designed by Flory Wilkins

Bird Houses available at The Wild Bird Store Calgary Alberta

Click Home top left on our site then Partners for link to The Wild Bird Store

Red Breasted Nuthatches – Spring 2014

Filed under Birds, Gifts, Sun Catchers, Wildlife by on May 6, 2014 at 5:30 pm {no comments}

These Red Breasted Nuthatches measure approximately 5.5 inches x 5.5 inches. We used Spectrum’s Black/White/Clear, along with their Thunderhead glass, and a reddish orange for the body. These were just shipped to The Wild Bird Store in Calgary and are available from them. Nuthatches can be found across Canada in our spring, summer to fall months.

NuthatchesSpring2014

Adaptation of a design by an unknown designer by Bob Wilkins

Wren – 2014

Filed under Birds, Gifts, Sun Catchers, Wildlife by on May 3, 2014 at 5:30 pm {no comments}

Wrens are very neat little birds, the House and Winter Wrens can be seen in Alberta. Our stained glass Wren measures approximately 4 inches x 4.5 inches. We used Spectrum’s Pearl Opal Hawkwings with amber yellows for the belly and beak. These Wrens will soon be available at The Wild Bird Store located in Calgary. Their website is www.wildbirdstore.ca check out this wonderful store. You can also access The Wild Bird Store via our website in our Partners section which can be found on the top left of our website under Home.

WrenApril2014

Adaptation of design by Alison Ellis by Flory Wilkins

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