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The zoo has a new outdoor aviary.
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The ibises’ first flight outside the aviary was chaos.
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Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
In addition, the zoo temporarily shuttered the farmyard and outdoor aviary and limited bird access to care providers and other professionals, canceling events that would have involved birds.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 31 Jan. 2025
The zoo has closed its farmyard and outdoor aviary after a deceased Cotton Patch goose was found to have bird flu.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 30 Jan. 2025
Helena got out and began herding the birds back into the aviary.
—Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
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Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
In addition, the zoo temporarily shuttered the farmyard and outdoor aviary and limited bird access to care providers and other professionals, canceling events that would have involved birds.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 31 Jan. 2025
The zoo has closed its farmyard and outdoor aviary after a deceased Cotton Patch goose was found to have bird flu.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 30 Jan. 2025
Helena got out and began herding the birds back into the aviary.
—Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
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“Aviary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aviary. Accessed 12 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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