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The zoo has a new outdoor aviary.
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Even turns her flat into a poopy aviary.
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Randy Myers, Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2026
In 2026, the Charlotte Museum of Nature opens in Freedom Park with a treetop canopy walk, owl aviary, frog bog and North American river otter habitat.
—Josh Roberts, USA Today, 8 Jan. 2026
These days, the aviary houses parakeets that are mostly rejects from friends whose kids got bored with them.
—Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2026
The estate features a swimming pool, an aviary, six lodge cottages, a gardener’s cottage and accommodation for police protecting the royals to stay in.
—Caitlin Danaher, CNN Money, 2 Dec. 2025
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Randy Myers, Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2026
In 2026, the Charlotte Museum of Nature opens in Freedom Park with a treetop canopy walk, owl aviary, frog bog and North American river otter habitat.
—Josh Roberts, USA Today, 8 Jan. 2026
These days, the aviary houses parakeets that are mostly rejects from friends whose kids got bored with them.
—Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2026
The estate features a swimming pool, an aviary, six lodge cottages, a gardener’s cottage and accommodation for police protecting the royals to stay in.
—Caitlin Danaher, CNN Money, 2 Dec. 2025
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“Aviary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aviary. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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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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