The second version looks a bit better. Now you might be onto something! Maybe with some patience it will evolve over time and its true potential will be realized! It wouldn't be bad with paint again...but I'd stick with earthy analogous colors. The old colors clashed too much. Brown, dark red, beige, dull yellow, etc. Maybe you could drill some hole a d insert metal rods at intervals around the circumference so the birds have something to perch on while they wait their turn.