Guild Challenge

A Challenge: participants are given some type of rules or parameters to follow and often are given a common fabric or (fabrics) that must be included in the finished product (commonly a wall hanging). Some rules are very restrictive or prescriptive, some less so. Always has a deadline.
Rationale: 'challenge' yourself--can you do this? Some (usually congenial) competition involved. Fun group project.
Current Challenge in progress: our guild is having our every-other-year one day quilt show in August--it's a very fun community event, with no judge/jury involved. Last time, it was suggested having a challenge prior to the show, and results could be included. So, this spring the rules of engagement arrived: use some recognizable portion of this fabric (above) in a wall hanging not to exceed 100 inches circumference, the theme to be portrayed: Whidbey Bird Houses, due at the July meeting.
Oh great! Now hopefully you know me well enough to know that two problems immediately sprang up, with a third to follow: although I love the colors, this is NOT fabric I would ever pull off the shelf; the topic gave no instant (or delayed, for that matter) visual images for me--not in my 'usual lineup' (thus it's a challenge!); but I wanted to support the challenge idea so I felt compelled to to come up with something...
Time is running out--here's what I ended up doing. A little embellishment left to do--and a title ('Avian Acres'?, ideas welcomed)--it's about 23 x 23.