PS - Adding a pic to show the parts a bit better than the pics above - and the contrast in finish: nest (upside down here) is evenly dark blue-black; branch is steely-silver, patchy, darker in the grooves of the "bark"; eggs are polished; oak base is treated with a little Danish Oil. At the moment, the nest just holds onto the branch with a little loop of wire and the eggs are loose in the nest - I'm considering how to fix it all together more securely...
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