About Thom

THOM 

I’m a native Vermonter:  independent, humorous, with a deep love of nature.I especially love birds.

I have been a self employed master carpenter for over thirty years. I started building birdhouses for family and friends when I was a young boy. Crafting birdhouses not only provides habitat for birds, but adds flavor to your yard or garden. It allows me to create, I feel each house like a snowflake is unique. I make birdhouses simply because it is fun whether they are whimsical or elegant.

Through the years I have collected many objects from homes and barns I have worked on. I have a line of houses that are made entirely of reused material as well as houses made from new wood.

They range from rustic houses made with old Vermont barn board and old rusty hinges and items, to stone houses or hardwoods with stain glass accents. I build my houses in a variety of prices, ranging from very affordable to the more costly collectors pieces. I feel everyone can provide a habitat for the birds even in a small way.

Being of Welsh and French heritage I love music. To me song birds are some of the best musical composers. I love waking to the sounds of the spring songbirds, and the joyful honking of migrating geese. Once you hear the beautiful song of a spring bird seeking a safe nesting spot , you will be a bird watcher for life.

I live with my wife,  artist  Lucinda Sayre,  on a nineteen acre wooded parcel in central Vermont. It borders one of the largest state parks in Vermont. We enjoy feeding and providing birdhouses and natural habitat such as brush piles, decaying trees and hedge rows for our feathered friends.

"A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song."
Chinese Proverb