2. Designing an Aviary

Aviaries may range from showy enclosures with small gardens and lawns, ponds, rockeries and waterfalls, to simple yet neat and functional designs. The only important thing about the design is that there should be enough room and shelter for the birds. Aviaries consist of a flying area (flight) with or without a roof and a shelter with a roof at the back of the aviary. The shelter protects the birds from the cold, rain and wind. Its also were birds sleep and normally breed. There food is also placed under the shelter so that it doesn’t become wet. In case of finches who are quick to fly out through an open gate, a Double door for a single aviary or a safety passage in front of an entire row of aviaries is necessary. You enter the extra cage, close the gate behind you and then open the gate of the aviary itself. When a bird escapes it wont go further then the extra cage or safety passage, were it can then be captured.