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An aviary is a large, enclosed pen that gives your birds plenty of room to stretch their wings and fly without you worrying about them escaping. Many bird owners notice a reduction in stress and boredom in birds that have access to aviaries---and some report a halt in feather picking and self-mutilation. Dismantling an aviary takes a... more »
Building an indoor or outdoor aviary is the nicest thing you can do for your birds. Birds are flock animals and enjoy the company of their own kind as well as the ability to fly freely about in a more natural environment. Aviaries are much better alternatives to small, cramped cages even if you only use them during the daytime. more »
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Providing a flight cage for your birds is an excellent way to allow them room to exercise and enjoy a full environment while keeping them safe and contained. You can build an outdoor aviary so they can enjoy the out of doors or an indoor aviary so their home is comfortable. Both are easy to build but require a little planning to make... more »
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An aviary is a large enclosure for confining birds. Unlike cages, aviaries allow birds a larger living space where they can fly; hence, aviaries are also sometimes known as flight cages. Aviaries often contain plants and shrubbery to simulate a natural environment.
Types of aviaries
Public aviary
Large aviaries are often found in the setting of a zoological garden (for example, London Zoo, Washington Zoo and San Diego Zoo).
Spacious walk-in aviaries also exist in bird parks such as Jurong BirdPark in Singapore.
Pittsburgh is home to the USAs National Aviary, perhaps the most prominent example of an aviary not set inside a zoo.
The Tracy Aviary is an example of bird park within a public urban park, Liberty Park in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Some public aquaria, such as the Oregon Coast Aquarium, Newport, Oregon, or the Monterey Bay Aquarium, have aquatic aviaries.
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History
An aviary, Raven Cage dating from 1829, is regarded as one of the oldest structures at the London Zoo.
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The first large aviary inside a zoological garden was established in 1880 in the setting of the Rotterdam Zoo.
In 1902, a flying cage was completed in the setting of the National Zoological Park of the Smithsonian Institution.
A new Great Flying Cage was built in 1964.
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The Saint Louis Zoo is home to the 1904 Worlds Fair Flight Cage. It is one of only two permanent structures built for the Worlds Fair which still remain (the other is the Saint Louis Art Museums Cass Gilbert building). In 1904, it was the largest bird cage ever built. It remains one of the worlds largest free-flight aviaries. The long, wide, and high cage was built by the Smithsonian Institution specifically for the St. Louis Worlds Fair. Local pride in the giant cage mot read more at » http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviary
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