Whip-Poor-Will was created for the Birds of Passage collection in 1991-1997. You can find the birds of passage on pages 68-69 in the new book "Toikka's Glass Birds".
Whip-Poor-Will stayed in production for 3 decades.
The color of individual Whip-Poor-Wills has varied over the years.
In Finnish the bird is called Pajusotka. Paju is the Finnish word for willow. And sotka is a scaup duck. The color for Whip Poor Will was obviously in the beginning inspired by the colors of young willow.
On the other hand whip poor will is an existing bird species and one can also very well see resemblances there too.
Here we have pictured three Whip-Poor-Wills for sale, that we have named A, B and C in the pictures.
A. and B. are of older production and C. is newer. All are produced at Nuutajärvi glass factory. A. and B. are smaller and have longer beaks than C. and their color is lighter, resembling the skin of young willow.
(When you click on one of the letters under the heading a picture of that bird appears uppermost, and then that particular bird can be added to the cart.)
Size: A: 130 x 55mm
B: 120 x 52mm
C: 130 x 65mm
Signature: O.Toikka Nuutajärvi
Condition: A: Very Good
B: Good
(with small marks from manufacturing
on left side of the head)
C: Very Good (harmless scratches on the under side)
