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The zoo has a new outdoor aviary.
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Helena got out and began herding the birds back into the aviary.
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Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
The most dependable is the California Raptor Center, a wildlife hospital with a large collection of outdoor aviaries holding non-releasable birds of prey: Stop in for free time with more than a dozen different hawks and owls.
—Jack Gedney, The Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2025
Dark Wings Wildlife is incorporated as a 501(c)3, and Somma wants to grow slowly and introduce more animals that can fulfill educational roles, including some otters and a full aviary of non-releasable vultures.
—Gary Shteyngart, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
After being released into a new aviary, about 80 percent of the birds switched their method immediately.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 14 Nov. 2024
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Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
The most dependable is the California Raptor Center, a wildlife hospital with a large collection of outdoor aviaries holding non-releasable birds of prey: Stop in for free time with more than a dozen different hawks and owls.
—Jack Gedney, The Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2025
Dark Wings Wildlife is incorporated as a 501(c)3, and Somma wants to grow slowly and introduce more animals that can fulfill educational roles, including some otters and a full aviary of non-releasable vultures.
—Gary Shteyngart, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
After being released into a new aviary, about 80 percent of the birds switched their method immediately.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 14 Nov. 2024
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“Aviary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aviary. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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aviary
noun
avi·ary
ˈā-vē-ˌer-ē 
plural aviaries
: a place (as a large cage or a building) where many live birds are kept usually for exhibition
Etymology
from Latin aviarium "place to keep birds," from avis "bird"
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