Students in a kindergarten class at Peters Elementary have received a box that really is for the birds.

That would be in the form of birdhouses the students were able to take come courtesy of the craftsmanship of a classmate's relative.All told, 20 students received birdhouses in conjunction with a field trip the class will take to the Lehigh Gap Nature Center in May.As part of the project, instructor Denise Papay said requests were sent out to parents to send in birdhouses, birdfeeders, or birdseed.So, Declan O'Connor enlisted the talents of his grandfather, Dick O'Connor, who was more than happy to accommodate his grandson's wish."Declan asked 'would you build me a bird house for school'", Dick O'Connor said. "Then he said 'it would be nice to make it for all my classmates'".Dick O'Connor said Declan assisted him with the birdhouses.Rather than look like a hero in front of his fellow classmates, Declan wasn't about to take any credit bestowed upon him by his grandfather."I didn't help," Declan said. "My grandfather did it all by himself."In his spare time, Dick O'Connor builds birdhouses, grandfathers clocks, chests, and hutches, among other items, in his shop in South Allentown.Not far behind is Declan, who, along with his older brother, Peters Elementary third-grader Seamus O'Connor, spend weekends over their grandfathers house."Declan loves to come out there," he said. "I've been buying him tools, and made him a toolbox."Dick O'Connor said the birdhouses, which took about three days to build, are made out of cedarwood, glued waterproof, and with aluminum nails so they don't rust."Everything I build, I give away," he said. "I like to design stuff myself."Papay said the birdhouses will serve as an educational tool when the students visit the nature center."They'll be learning about birds there," Papay said. "It's so exciting to get something like this."