The making of the new nest platform was an interesting problem. We wanted something that would be fairly sturdy and could be securely anchored to the tree, but that would look as nearly as possible like the real thing. We had a number of wreaths of varying sizes that Lyn had made over the years by weaving grape vines together. Mont selected a range of sizes and arranged them in concentric circles to form the bottom and sides of a large, shallow dish. He wove the wreaths together using green privet sticks each bent in a u-shape.
