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Here is our aviary that my husband built!
Its approx. 6' x 6' x 2'.
We have 13 finch in the aviary.
A combination of Zebra, Society and Gouldians.
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The neighborhood birds congregate in the dead branches at the top of an apple tree.
Ukrainian Village, Chicago.
The Owens Rain Forest Aviary offers bird lovers an up-close look at about 200 feathered friends representing 45 species and is one of the world’s largest walk-through avian encounters. The free-flight aviary simulates the sights and sounds of a real Southeast Asian jungle environment. It focuses on exotic species from Southeast Asia and Australia, including flowers, ferns, and foliage indigenous to that region.
You can enjoy a gentle trek along an elevated, winding pathway that begins at treetop level and immerses you in the forest canopy amidst scores of brilliantly colored tropical birds. A waterfall cascades into a pond where exotic fish glide through the water. Thick glass panels form one side of the pond, making it easy for you to marvel at these colorful swimmers.
Another waterfall sends water coursing down a rocky route the length of the aviary, splashing into a pool at the lower end of the aviary, where you may see comb-crested jacanas strolling across the floating lily pads.
As the walkway descends through mature greenery, lush waterfalls, and beaches, you may encounter a rare woodpecker chiseling through the bark of a tree or the courtship ritual of the argus pheasant at the forest-floor level. Several feeding trays are located close to the walkway railing, providing great spots to see and photograph the birds.
View a startling variety of birds going about their business at various levels of the forest canopy as you take your leisurely stroll—you’ll be surrounded by some fascinating company!
San Diego Zoo-San Diego Ca.
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To see our birds flying outside visit us on youtube and view our Freestyle Flyer Webisodes; youtu.be/XI59D1pRkbc. To inquire on teaching your bird to freeflight outdoors safely email info@birdtricks.com for prices and details.
ASIAONE Jan 23, 2014
candicec@sph.com.sg
SINGAPORE - The Waterfall Aviary at Jurong Bird Park, home to the world's first man-made waterfall, was re-launched today in a ceremony officiated by Mr Desmond Lee Ti-Seng, Minister of State, Ministry of National Development.
Since the 1970s, visitors to Jurong Bird Park have enjoyed the immersive experience of marvelling at birds that fly freely in the Waterfall Aviary.
Standing at 30 metres, it was the world's first and tallest man-made waterfall, and is still the tallest waterfall inside an aviary.
Jurong Bird Park and the Waterfall Aviary have played host to foreign dignitaries such as Queen Elizabeth II, His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh and Mr Li Rui Huan, Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Committee from the Republic of China.
"Waterfall Aviary is a place that holds fond memories for many visitors who now have children and grandchildren of their own," said Mr Lee Meng Tat, CEO, Wildlife Reserves Singapore.
"With the re-launch of Waterfall Aviary today, we invite these parents and grandparents to take their children here to bond and relive those wonderful times."
The world's largest walk-in aviary houses more than 50 species of birds, including the endangered sun conures, the vulnerable common crowned pigeons, pied imperial pigeons, and Von der Decken's hornbills.
Visitors will get a chance to get see them, as well as other resident birds like the starlings, rollers, guineafowls and parrots, up close during the keeper-led feeding sessions at 10.30am and 2.30pm daily.
To attract more families to visit the Bird Park, Wildlife Reserves Singapore (WRS) and the People's Association will be rolling out a series of customised packages for residents in the heartlands.
At the re-launch on Thursday morning, Minister of State, Mr Desmond Lee Ti-Seng, released some endangered sun conures into the two hectare aviary, bringing the total number of birds there to more than 600.
In addition to the main attraction, the Waterfall Aviary Terrace has also been developed as an event venue to provide corporate guests with an alternative to run-of-the-mill event settings.
Set in a lush avian sanctuary, the Waterfall Aviary Terrace is ideal for team-buildings, retreats and cocktail receptions.
Source: www.asiaone.com/news/relax/jurong-bird-parks-waterfall-av...
Of course, this is several months too late for me, since I had to get my iPhone replaced a while ago and lost several limited-edition Aviary packs (like the Monster High one, boooooo).
OH WELL STILL GOOD
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The small aviary just outside the main house at Tyntesfield, formerly home to exotic birds and then a playhouse for the Gibbs family.
A work in progress 150 years after its original completion, Tyntesfield is a spectacular example of the National Trust in action.
Built around 1813-20 as a country house with a sizeable estate near the city of Bristol, it was acquired by the wealthy Gibbs family and family head Walter in 1843. The family undertook much work on expanding the main house, completing the construction in 1865, and the house and its gardens stayed in the family for four generations.
The death of the last member of the Gibbs family, George Richard Lawley Gibbs, the 2nd Lord Wraxall, in 2001 saw the house put up for auction and bought by the National Trust, who opened it to the public within 10 weeks.
In the eight years since, the National Trust have carried out preservation, conservation and restoration work to the grand house and gardens while visitors have been invited to see the work as it goes on.
Many original features – carpets, wallpapers and fabrics – have survived remarkably well, due to the care and diligence of the Gibbs family.
As well as the main house, the land now owned by the Trust includes a sawmill, stables, extensive kitchen gardens and lodges – all of which are accessible to visitors.
During my visit, work was almost complete on the roof of the main house, with people able to climb the scaffolding to the top and see the house and the patterned roof tiles from a unique perspective. The house itself was shrouded in a giant tarpaulin sheet, hiding many of the exterior features, though the gardens and the outer buildings were complete in many areas.
The aviary at the Queens Zoo in Flushing is not just for the birds. It is also one of the great interior spaces of New York City -- even though it's really all outside. In the winter, thick snow offers an unexpected treat; it is trapped by the netting that covers the dome, forming a surreal, igloo-like space.
The structure of the Queens Aviary was built in 1964 as a space for special events, The Pavilion, for the 1964-65 World's Fair. Although the architects for the installation was the firm of Eggers & Higgins, the dome itself was one of Buckminster Fuller's geodesic domes and the framing was designed by a company he set up, Synergetics, of Raleigh, N.C. by TC Howard.
Born in 1895 in Massachusetts, Fuller had an erratic career as an engineer, salesman and inventor until late in life. In 1947 he developed the concept of the geodesic dome to enclose large spaces at minimum cost. The Ford Motor Company and then the United States Government bought large domes in the 50's, using them for radar stations and at international fairs (the 1959 "kitchen debate" between Vice President Richard M. Nixon and Premier Nikita Khrushchev was under a geodesic dome built for a trade fair in Moscow).
In 1965 The Pavilion was devoted to the life and work of Winston Churchill and included exhibits of his art work, a reproduction of his study and other memorabilia. T.C. Howard, president of Synergetics, worked on the original design and recalls that the 175-foot-wide dome took only about a week to erect.
"It was one of the largest single-layer structures of its time," he says, in distinction to domes or other buildings made with trusswork that forms a double layer.
Mr. Howard says that after the fair closed the dome was dismantled and stored. However, Robert Moses, the head of the World's Fair Corporation and of the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority, had long wanted to establish a park on the fair site and he committed the authority to build a zoo. In 1968, after $3.5 million of construction, he cut the ribbon to the 18-acre zoo in the shadow of the helicopter landing building, now the Terrace on the Park Restaurant.
The zoo was designed as an open-air institution for North American animals hardy enough to withstand the variations of New York's climate. In one corner the geodesic dome was reassembled and covered with wire netting, as much to keep out intruders as to keep in the zoo specimens.
Queens Zoo Flushing New York
It was in the upper 60's today and it is supposed to get much warmer this weekend. I think me and the boys will do some walking this weekend, maybe Williamsburg or CNU or William & Mary.
Two days crash and burn with flickr.
this is the result when after cropping an image while waiting for the image after hitting the replace button.
i kinda feel this isn't very fun anymore.
I have 54 images rotting on flickr i haven't posted public yet because they fail in Aviary .
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