How to Use aviary in a Sentence

aviary

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  • The zoo has a new outdoor aviary.
  • Even turns her flat into a poopy aviary.
    Randy Myers, Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2026
  • The park added wooden aviaries, bridges and trails built by hand.
    Jordan Salama, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Apr. 2020
  • The ten captive vultures were perched on a tree branch in the aviary.
    Meera Subramanian, The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Among the elements will be a free-flight aviary and a coral tank.
    Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2023
  • The birds took their time, climbing atop the aviary first, then going from tree to tree.
    Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Dec. 2024
  • The second aviary is designed to be a breeding ground for ducks.
    Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Feb. 2023
  • The one-way walking path through the aviary is about two hours on average.
    Rondel Holder, Travel + Leisure, 12 June 2021
  • Once the chicks are about 20 days old, they're placed in the aviary, Egger said.
    Priscella Vega, latimes.com, 19 Apr. 2018
  • The murder, the trial, the hundreds of birds kept in aviaries in the backyard.
    Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 3 July 2019
  • An aviary and chicken coop offer children a place to check out birds, chickens and hens.
    Brock Keeling, Orange County Register, 8 May 2024
  • The flying birds on the overhead aerial track in the aviary are the maze’s highlight.
    Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Numerous other birds can be viewed by guests throughout the aviary.
    Finch Walker, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • There’s also a guesthouse, a greenhouse, a fruit orchard, and an aviary.
    Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The aviary is the permanent home to flightless birds who have brain damage and missing eyes.
    Kristen Griffith, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 9 Apr. 2021
  • Helena got out and began herding the birds back into the aviary.
    Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
  • The third aviary re-creates the lush setting of a tropical coffee farm.
    Michael E. Ruane, Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2023
  • His latest project is a massive six-acre aviary that will house 116 species of birds from all over the world.
    Maureen Orth, Town & Country, 11 Jan. 2013
  • And finally, there’s an aviary for large birds that includes a kitchen and infirmary.
    Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Following the meal, guests can visit the aviary's habitats for a scavenger hunt.
    Finch Walker, USA Today, 4 June 2026
  • For this new study, researchers caught 15 of the wild crows and observed them within the confines of an aviary.
    Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 2 Aug. 2019
  • The chick was about the size of a lime at birth and is now thriving at the aviary's Penguin Point habitat.
    Amanda Taylor, Peoplemag, 7 Oct. 2022
  • But more than 125 ʻalalā now live at the conservation center’s aviary.
    Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, 5 Apr. 2018
  • Players build aviaries featuring more than 150 species, and the artwork alone is a draw.
    Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 June 2026
  • Over the decades, the aviary has been home to birds from all over the world as well as housing more run-of-the-mill fowl like pigeons, turkeys and quail.
    Melissa Montoya, Peoplemag, 11 Jan. 2023
  • To emphasize the point, Byart shows me around the property’s empty aviaries.
    Rene Ebersole, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2025
  • Visitors were asked to leave the area or shelter in buildings, and the zoo’s carousel and aviary were cleared of guests as a precaution.
    From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2021
  • Birds who pushed the door to the right were transferred into aviaries where the resident birds were pushing the door on the left and vice versa.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 14 Nov. 2024
  • In the third and final indoor aviary, a rain machine pours mist from above, simulating the wet world of the tropics.
    Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Their rear talons can reach 4 to 5 inches in length, which the aviary says is comparable to the claws of a grizzly bear.
    Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 28 May 2026

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