"See my new "Bird Chorus Accordion Fold" album."

"I use a toothpick for step 4 pulling."

"5. Repeat step 4 up and down the opened row, every place that you can.
6. Turn over and do step 5 as close as you can to the first row.
7. Repeat this from where ever you started toward the ends of the paper.
8. Look at what you have done, and figure out how to do half-patterns along the edges.
Once you learn the technique, you can figure out dimensions/proportions for your needs."

"1. Crease a square or rectangle into many equal squares.
2. In one direction, fold this pattern: VMFMVFVMFMVFVMFMVFVMFMVF...
. . where V=valley, M=mountain, F=flat. (This pattern lies flat.)
3. At right angles to that, fold MVMVMVMV...
4. Tilt partly open one of the step-3 folds, and pull up each of two nearby step-2 folds to make a "bird's mouth"."

"Debbie, I'm in northern New Jersey. My daughter went to Cedarville U. I sometimes scare off grackles/starlings with a simulated gunshot made by clapping together two short pieces of 2x6 lumber that I keep handy."