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These aviaries are on the other
side of my house. Again this has
a stone path with a bridge,
waterfalls and several park
benches and sitting areas to
make the most of the jungle
escape.

The gazebo was make from
scrape wood from decking around
an old discarded hot tub. My
husband had asked my son to
drag the wood to the curb for the
annual debris pick up. I couldn't
let that happen and turned it into
this gorgeous aviary.

My aviaries are on the sides of my
house rather than the back. This
is because I live on a lake and
have a Home Owners Association.
Make sure you check with any
association before building in your
area..

The sides of my firesplace are
hand painted scenes They are
inclosed with fruit netting with
birds inside. This netting is great
indoors. I've sewn upholstery
fabric around the edges and
attached it to the wall with
decorative tacks.

The scenes are from all over our
lake area with birds and wildlife
through out the picture.

Left- This aviary is a "bump in" in
our entry way, designed for a large
vase or floral arrangement. It
makes a cosy home for 2 shafttail
finches. Again, the fruit netting is
used and with upholstery fabric
edging. Four inches of plexie
glass is used along the lower
edge to contain the corn cob and
bird debris,

Below are two of the Glass
aviaries I've made. Left- the front
was made from an old fireplace
glass door. Below-(my mother's
aviary) An old waterbed hutch is
made into an extraordinary
incloser. The wood and glass for
both of these avairies was found at
a local Goodwill stores on half
price day.(for around $5 each)

A window seat makes a great
setting for an outdoor aviary. The
picture on the right shows my
window seat with an aviary view. I
used the fruit netting for this
outdoor aviary. Most cage wire
would obstruct the view and have
an undesirable appearance. Fruit
netting is durable however, mice
can chew through it. Do not use it
unless you are sure no preditors
can get into it. If birds escape,
they are usually lost forever.

The only entrance to this aviary is
through the windows. This a
somewhat awkward to clean.