what a lovely idea to have water features within a large outdoor aviary. Birds would be set up for life within a large outdoor space with multileveled flora of the fruiting kind so they can occasionally forage. Toys here and there. Waterfalls and other moving and stationary water features so they can bathe. A temperature controlled indoor area. Maybe some other animal species like fish, amphibians and reptiles. Such a rich diverse habitat to enrich the lives of birds and owner alike. The very best of luck to you.
As a city-dweller with two parrots, I'd love to have a way to build an enclosure attached to a safely screened condo balcony. In summer it could double as a garden to grow parrot-safe vegetables and herbs. In winter, they would stay inside and at least benefit from the natural light but I would also make sure that the enclosure could be blacked-out for 12 hour sleep cycles nightly.
Hello fellow city dwelling bird guardian! My husband and I are about to close escrow on a condo that has a big picture window area that’s windows on 3 sides that protrudes from the condo and overlooks trees and a canyon - very hard to find in San Francisco since the majority of available condos are in old Edwardian and Victorian buildings, or in brand new luxury condos. We got lucky and found this place build in the 70s when buildings were all about bringing the outdoors inside. I think our real estate agent was super confused as to why we kept rejecting some very awesome places because they didn’t have enough sunlight. Bird people problems, right? Anyway I love your idea of turning this area into an enclosed area just for the birds. We’re planning to put up cotton blackout curtains that can will make sure the whole area can be made dark at night, as well as soundproofed so they won’t be able to hear us in other rooms after they go nigh-nigh. I love that there are other city people with birds to run these ideas by. I rarely run into people online who have birds in cities.
Around here the cheapest way (the Netherlands) is: find yourself an old hothouse/greenhouse (whatever you call them) frame, usually they are free as long as you pick up everything (which may also give you a lot of glasspanels if you want an out-of-the-weather corner). Frame is metal so anyone with 2 functional hands can add a layer of mesh. (or even netting like they use in zoos / as shown in the beginning of this vid. /it is really basic zoo-supplies, nothing fancy or our of the ordinairy. But mesh is way cheaper ;) ) Since those frames come in every size and shape (tunnel or more walls-roof-type) just find one you like/ have the space for. (Most of them even come with doorframes and doors) Do not forget about rodents/other pests. If it is a live-in aviary putting some mesh under the ground (2-3 feet deep, all over) keeps out a lot of the larger predators/vermin.
I have 2 african grays and 1 macaw. they live in a round aviary - 6m high and about 10m in diameter. many perches made of wood and bamboo as well as palm trees. chickens and rabbits live on the ground. smaller birds and quails are also accommodated in this aviary - a smaller aviary, on the roof of which the 3 parrots often sit. on the ground there are large cement mix tubs filled with water and plants in them that keep the water clear and clean. half of the ground is grassy and the other half is for scratching for the 6 chickens. a compost heap, which is regularly filled with garden waste and uneaten food, is the chickens' playground.
A giant, natural outdoor aviary for my birds is on my wish list. This just took it to a whole new level!!!! Heading over to Blake’s channel to pump up his #$! Go zoo mesh!!!!
I would definitely sometimes put my two budgies in there, as cuddly as they are I can't imagine actually getting to watch them forage for something non-mischievous; I think the bond you have with a bird when it's willing to choose you over something extremely rewarding is indescribable and I'm happy to say my budgie and I would love to practice freeflight in there! I can't imagine my other budgie would come back to me more than 70% of the time though. XD
Small enclosures is better than one big enclosure in your case because you can focus on every animal in it adding to that you will not have territorial issues also birdtricks are good at determining the number of birds in the same enclosure
If you build something like this, please have some sort of security. The museum of natural history in our city had someone get into an enclosure at night with spotlights to blind the birds and they proceeded to torture the birds. We are talking bald eagles, hawks, owls who could have otherwise defended themselves except for the blinding lights. Some birds died, some had to be put down the next morning when the vandalism was discovered. Please have alarms, cameras, and alert your bird-sitters when you are gone, to check on the flock that is still at home.
I'm building my outdoor aviary from a old chicken house frame. It will be 40'x100' and I haven't pinned down what mesh I'll use but it is gonna be pretty nice when I get it up and integrated into my avairy.
I dream of doing something similar for my parrots. One issue I have is here in southwest Florida, weeds & fire ants are a huge problem. I would love to know how to prepare the ground so I could prevent weeds & fire ants but still have plants. I definitely don't want a beautiful aviary full of weeds & bugs from hell.
been buying stainless welded hardware cloth and saving it up for my aviary build. but my poor budgies will have to wait as my deck (where I planned to make the aviary) and my roof need urgent repair after a tree fell! such bad luck.
Looking for homes now to buy an I only have the one pineapple cinnamon green cheek conure but would love to add to my flock a little bit at a time an when purchasing a home I will must have an outdoor aviary for all my feather babies!
I love your vids and have a question I live near a small power plant that is only on sometimes but I still don’t know if it affects my bird because it’s really near by, do you think I can have a parrot outside without him getting health problems? Thanks
I think it depends upon what kind of power plant it is. Coal burning? Might be worth getting one of those little handheld gadgets that can measure the contaminants in the air &/or find where the air quality for your area is posted daily. It’s often listed with weather forecasts.
I thought you’d actually be building an aviary and taking us through the process and teaching us how to build an aviary. But this is just an interview with someone who built an enclosure for otters.
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Thank you for all the help! It was great to have you guys at the ranch!
what a lovely idea to have water features within a large outdoor aviary. Birds would be set up for life within a large outdoor space with multileveled flora of the fruiting kind so they can occasionally forage. Toys here and there. Waterfalls and other moving and stationary water features so they can bathe. A temperature controlled indoor area. Maybe some other animal species like fish, amphibians and reptiles. Such a rich diverse habitat to enrich the lives of birds and owner alike. The very best of luck to you.
As a city-dweller with two parrots, I'd love to have a way to build an enclosure attached to a safely screened condo balcony. In summer it could double as a garden to grow parrot-safe vegetables and herbs. In winter, they would stay inside and at least benefit from the natural light but I would also make sure that the enclosure could be blacked-out for 12 hour sleep cycles nightly.
❤ that idea!!!!! Totally doable! Now you just got to get your HOA on board.
Great idea!
Hello fellow city dwelling bird guardian! My husband and I are about to close escrow on a condo that has a big picture window area that’s windows on 3 sides that protrudes from the condo and overlooks trees and a canyon - very hard to find in San Francisco since the majority of available condos are in old Edwardian and Victorian buildings, or in brand new luxury condos. We got lucky and found this place build in the 70s when buildings were all about bringing the outdoors inside. I think our real estate agent was super confused as to why we kept rejecting some very awesome places because they didn’t have enough sunlight. Bird people problems, right?
Anyway I love your idea of turning this area into an enclosed area just for the birds. We’re planning to put up cotton blackout curtains that can will make sure the whole area can be made dark at night, as well as soundproofed so they won’t be able to hear us in other rooms after they go nigh-nigh.
I love that there are other city people with birds to run these ideas by. I rarely run into people online who have birds in cities.
Holy crap 2 of my top favorites on you tube together that is awesome!!
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Around here the cheapest way (the Netherlands) is: find yourself an old hothouse/greenhouse (whatever you call them) frame, usually they are free as long as you pick up everything (which may also give you a lot of glasspanels if you want an out-of-the-weather corner). Frame is metal so anyone with 2 functional hands can add a layer of mesh. (or even netting like they use in zoos / as shown in the beginning of this vid. /it is really basic zoo-supplies, nothing fancy or our of the ordinairy. But mesh is way cheaper ;) )
Since those frames come in every size and shape (tunnel or more walls-roof-type) just find one you like/ have the space for.
(Most of them even come with doorframes and doors)
Do not forget about rodents/other pests. If it is a live-in aviary putting some mesh under the ground (2-3 feet deep, all over) keeps out a lot of the larger predators/vermin.
I have 2 african grays and 1 macaw. they live in a round aviary - 6m high and about 10m in diameter. many perches made of wood and bamboo as well as palm trees. chickens and rabbits live on the ground. smaller birds and quails are also accommodated in this aviary - a smaller aviary, on the roof of which the 3 parrots often sit. on the ground there are large cement mix tubs filled with water and plants in them that keep the water clear and clean. half of the ground is grassy and the other half is for scratching for the 6 chickens. a compost heap, which is regularly filled with garden waste and uneaten food, is the chickens' playground.
Good information plus help new people
A giant, natural outdoor aviary for my birds is on my wish list. This just took it to a whole new level!!!!
Heading over to Blake’s channel to pump up his #$! Go zoo mesh!!!!
Damn Blake finally cared about those poor amazons
I love Blakes channel and his aviary and all his pets. You must of had a great time at his ranch.
I would definitely sometimes put my two budgies in there, as cuddly as they are I can't imagine actually getting to watch them forage for something non-mischievous; I think the bond you have with a bird when it's willing to choose you over something extremely rewarding is indescribable and I'm happy to say my budgie and I would love to practice freeflight in there! I can't imagine my other budgie would come back to me more than 70% of the time though. XD
Awesome, beautiful and thought out enclosure.👍🏼
Wow, that is a beautiful aviary.
Not a huge fan of Blake's but glad to see y'all making fun aviaries
Kookaburra - I guess not an apartment bird
Haha hardly a rural bird in Australia
Yeah first comment!❤
Just wanna point out that Blake and Dave have the same shave
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Always wondered what zoo mesh was! Need some of that!! The water fowl are so cute xo
Small enclosures is better than one big enclosure in your case because you can focus on every animal in it adding to that you will not have territorial issues also birdtricks are good at determining the number of birds in the same enclosure
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If you build something like this, please have some sort of security. The museum of natural history in our city had someone get into an enclosure at night with spotlights to blind the birds and they proceeded to torture the birds. We are talking bald eagles, hawks, owls who could have otherwise defended themselves except for the blinding lights. Some birds died, some had to be put down the next morning when the vandalism was discovered. Please have alarms, cameras, and alert your bird-sitters when you are gone, to check on the flock that is still at home.
That’s awful. We will always have security on ours. ❤ hope they caught those humans and put them in a deep hole.
@@BirdTricksjust made me love you guys, even more!
awesome.
I'm building my outdoor aviary from a old chicken house frame. It will be 40'x100' and I haven't pinned down what mesh I'll use but it is gonna be pretty nice when I get it up and integrated into my avairy.
I dream of doing something similar for my parrots. One issue I have is here in southwest Florida, weeds & fire ants are a huge problem. I would love to know how to prepare the ground so I could prevent weeds & fire ants but still have plants. I definitely don't want a beautiful aviary full of weeds & bugs from hell.
been buying stainless welded hardware cloth and saving it up for my aviary build. but my poor budgies will have to wait as my deck (where I planned to make the aviary) and my roof need urgent repair after a tree fell! such bad luck.
Looking for homes now to buy an I only have the one pineapple cinnamon green cheek conure but would love to add to my flock a little bit at a time an when purchasing a home I will must have an outdoor aviary for all my feather babies!
I love your vids and have a question I live near a small power plant that is only on sometimes but I still don’t know if it affects my bird because it’s really near by, do you think I can have a parrot outside without him getting health problems? Thanks
I think it depends upon what kind of power plant it is. Coal burning? Might be worth getting one of those little handheld gadgets that can measure the contaminants in the air &/or find where the air quality for your area is posted daily. It’s often listed with weather forecasts.
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That would be so cool for the parrots to have an aviary they can really fly in! Ehh, only if I had $ $ $ ... :D :D :D
I thought you’d actually be building an aviary and taking us through the process and teaching us how to build an aviary. But this is just an interview with someone who built an enclosure for otters.
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If this video was an hr long I would have watched it all. Wish you would have walked around a little more.
We did! Head over to @birdtricks kids to see that video as well as Blake’s channel.