aviary

Example Sentences

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If time is tight, take the free narrated tram ride and stroll through the 25,000-square-foot open-air aviary, home to over 250 injured birds—including pelicans—that can’t be returned to the wild.

From Salon • Feb. 2, 2026

It takes several hours, as though they are building up courage, before one by one they leave the safety of the aviary behind and fly off into the wild.

From BBC • Nov. 9, 2025

After being released into the new aviary, the vast majority of immigrants -- 80 percent -- switched their method immediately.

From Science Daily • Nov. 14, 2024

Mylene Mariette, a behavioral ecologist at Deakin University, and her team set out to answer that question with zebra finches held in an aviary on campus in Melbourne, Australia.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 24, 2024

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