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aviary

[ay-vee-er-ee] / ˈeɪ viˌɛr i /
NOUN
bird sanctuary
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A handful of ramblers roamed the landscaped lakefront promenade, featuring a free walk-in aviary filled with brilliantly colored exotic birds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

At the MPI-AB in Konstanz, Germany, pigeons had been trained to return to their aviary from locations more than twenty kilometers away.

From Science Daily ● May 31, 2026

Since 2022, the Sadyba Nyushanik centre has built a new aviary to house the influx of injured birds.

From Barron's ● May 20, 2026

As the gate is removed, I half expect the chicks to rush out but, but apart from a few flutters inside the aviary, nothing happens.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2025

In a birdcage by the window, a green parakeet, the last surviving member of my grandparents’ former aviary, was moving back and forth on its balsa wood perch.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

And then there were moments of “11,000 Strings” that sounded like the musical aviaries of Olivier Messiaen emanating from a far away lath house.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2025

Right-pushing birds were transferred into aviaries where resident birds were using the left-hand solution, and vice versa.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2024

The 72 birds escaped from a garden in Tadley, Hampshire, after birdkeeper Drew Holdaway, 64, left the door to one of his aviaries open.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2023

There are three aviaries, where visitors walk among the birds, plus an outdoor area where birds are kept in enclosures.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 22, 2023

We tear ourselves away from this happy family at last, and make tracks for the bird rooms, or aviaries.

From Born to Wander A Boy's Book of Nomadic Adventures by Gordon Stables




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