Birdbrains' Aviary-- 11 photos

Caroluna · Post by **Caroluna** » Tue May 15, 2007 6:23 pm

We've been working on this for more than a year and a half, and things are finally starting to come together!

The little yellow building is a free-standing garage. We insulated, put up wall board, painted the walls, stained the concrete floor, installed lights, and put up aviary mesh.

October 2005

greenhouse from a kit

east gable-- insulation, cinderblock

west gable-- ceiling panelled, partially finished mural

We finally start moving the birds in!!!

One section is for budgies. They love Kevin

the other section is for finches. Their favorite place is on this long branch

This is what you get under the long branch. To me this looks like one of Denny's astronomy pics

All this room to spread out, and what do they do?

rhulsey · Post by **rhulsey** » Tue May 15, 2007 6:43 pm

How cool is that! Thanks for sharing with us!

Reg

dubhlinn · Post by **dubhlinn** » Tue May 15, 2007 7:12 pm

You and Garcia..

Kept that one quiet...

Slan,
D.

Caroluna · Post by **Caroluna** » Tue May 15, 2007 7:29 pm

dubhlinn wrote: You and Garcia..

Kept that one quiet...

Slan,
D.

What a long, strange trip it's been!

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Tue May 15, 2007 8:57 pm

very nice

Cynth · Post by **Cynth** » Tue May 15, 2007 10:25 pm

I think I love Kevin too

. He looks like a very nice fellow. I can't imagine how you all figured out what to do there, but those little birds sure have a lovely new home. Congratulations for getting such a big project done!

Caroluna · Post by **Caroluna** » Wed May 16, 2007 12:07 am

Cynth wrote:I think I love Kevin too . He looks like a very nice fellow.

We named him Kevin just because we liked how it sounded. Then after we got into the bird hobby I was reading about saints and found this about Saint Kevin--

http://everything2.com/index.pl?node=Saint%20Kevin

As with so many saints, Kevin has a rich mythology attached to him, some of which may be based in truth.... It was his habit to stand in the lake to pray, arms stretched out to the heavens. It is said that one day, a blackbird began to build a nest in one of his hands, and when he realised, he stood stock-still until the nest was finished, the eggs hatched and the young blackbirds able to fend for themselves... he is known as a patron saint of birds, and blackbirds in particular.

Sounds like we picked the right name!

izzarina · Post by **izzarina** » Wed May 16, 2007 4:49 am

Caroluna wrote:
dubhlinn wrote: You and Garcia..

Kept that one quiet...

Slan,
D.
What a long, strange trip it's been!

<snort!> (no, I didn't really laugh at that)

Excellent pictures, Carol! I absolutely love finches. We have American Goldfinches and I think House Finches here (at least in my yard...don't know what else). And the floor under the stick looks a lot like the floor under Éamon's highchair...well, except that his tends to be food rather than excrement

Innocent Bystander · Post by **Innocent Bystander** » Wed May 16, 2007 5:43 am

Nice Pix, Carol. A few jobs ago, the ladies in the accounts department used to keep finches. In the Office. I never really thought about what they did with them over the weekend. But they are cute birds. I miss them a little bit. But we have four cats in the house. There is no compatability.

Whistlin'Dixie · Post by **Whistlin'Dixie** » Wed May 16, 2007 5:46 am

Innocent Bystander wrote:. But they are cute birds. I miss them a little bit. But we have four cats in the house. There is no compatability.

I can understand, with finches.

My cats would rue the day, if they ever tangled with Buddy, however.
They are careful not to go anywhere near him.

M

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Wed May 16, 2007 6:46 am

That's really a great project.

Caroluna · Post by **Caroluna** » Wed May 16, 2007 7:41 am

Thanks very much, all, for taking a look at my "baby pictures"

This project has been dragging on so long! Showing you the pictures helps to make it seem more real. "Yes it really is done" ....well, almost done

Cynth, if we had known what we were doing... it would have taken half the time :groan:

Bonus-- the high, slanted ceiling makes for some interesting acoustics. When I play flute in there, even I sound good.

djm · Post by **djm** » Thu May 17, 2007 4:59 pm

Finch orgy!

djm

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Thu May 17, 2007 6:57 pm

Finch orgies are hot!

I love your pictures! Societies and Zebras are my favorite finches! And I love budgies too! I wish I could be at your house! Great job!

Caroluna · Post by **Caroluna** » Thu May 17, 2007 7:49 pm

djm wrote:Finch orgy!

That's not an orgy!

They're just there for the craic.