Timbersmom Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 The aviary looks fantastic! Lucky birds... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brat Birds Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 My birdies and I are sooo jealous!! The door is wonderful!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray P Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Great job !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inara Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Such a fantastic aviary. You have done a beautiful job. Now if you could figure out how to make it into kits so the rest of us could order one....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chezron Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 Where can i find a handy man like you? There doesn't seem to be many of them around anymore. Love the door! Really a great touch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRSeedBurners Posted October 17, 2014 Author Share Posted October 17, 2014 (edited) Took today off to try and finish the safety cage and the ground dig wire. It's safe enough to put the babies in while I work, so I'll have lots of GreycieMae supervision. She helped me last time with the J-clips all along the back side. What a helper. This morning was their first sunrise in the aviary. GreycieMae loved it. She started playing and doing her happy sounds. Makes all the work worth it... Baby Rio is not a fan of the outside. He was born to be a mama's birdy and just wants to be inside with mother. Edited October 17, 2014 by SterlingSL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acappella Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Poor Rio, he's like Dorian. Not at all convinced that outside is a good place to be. Hopefully some sunshine and fresh air, plus momma being around, will change his opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murfchck Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 That looks incredible! Great job and what fun to be had by all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chezron Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Looks great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greytness Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Look how happy GreycieMae is as she beholds her new digs from above! So many fun items in there to help keep them all very busy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talon Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 That is fantastic! I am so jealous. Love the idea of the clothes basket strung across like that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvparrots Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Magnificent! Very nice! Your parrots will learn to love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRSeedBurners Posted October 18, 2014 Author Share Posted October 18, 2014 Well, GreycieMae and her two siblings stayed in the aviary till around 3:30pm. She was a happy bird the whole time. One reaction from her I didn't expect - she got really standoff-ish with me inside the aviary after being in there for a few hours. I think she was getting possessive of the aviary. She sort of reminded me of a wild Grey The way she would move around obstacles to keep me from getting her. Rio finally warmed up to the idea and was happily sitting on the boing practicing his words. I can't believe my talker in the family is a Jardines. Although Greycie went through all of her words too and probably said "I love you" around 500 times. Something else I noticed the other night when I had them out there for just a couple hours, the aviary wears them out. They are really active out there but more than that I think it's the fact that they are on a higher level of alert with the great big blue surrounding them. They seem to really go after the food too when I fed them a few times rather than their typical household routine of just throwing crap everywhere and eating next-to-nothing. Didn't get much done...more work tomorrow. My exterior gate is on hold trying to find some hinges that will accomodate the 2x3s I bought to make it. This project is just like the projects I do at work: I think I can do a certain task in 6 hours, it will take 12 - at least. Safety cage concrete pylons buried, all railings in place. Cage door remains which I figured I would have completed and installed along with the safety cage wire. You can see all three of my little helpers in the upper right of the photo. Also notice how the winter rye is springing out of the ground. I need to hit the bare patches again in there where I had to bury the original seed and killed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvparrots Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 Love it. Mine is not as magnificent or as open but my birdies love it too. Hope to see more aviaries now and then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimKim Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 Very nice! Have your neighbors came over yet to check and see what your doing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRSeedBurners Posted October 20, 2014 Author Share Posted October 20, 2014 The neighbor that can see the aviary commented that she loves it. She can hear GreycieMae doing her vibrato and her happy noises along with a few screeches and squawks. She a former parront. Not sure what happened to her bird. Some pics and a video from this weekend. I had the camera and camcorder ready in case I could get a good pic. Can you believe, the aviary is still_not_done_.... Toby and GreycieMae in the background. Rio is in the basket - you just can't see him. Look carefully and you'll see Rio... Not to hard to see him when I cheat and take a picture over the edge! They love the basket and the SS bowls with toys in them GreycieMae with hers... Toby and Rio have become little play buddies, although I have to watch Toby as he'll lose his head once in a while. GreycieMae preening right before she gets down and helps Daddy with the safety cage... And a ~3m video... [video=youtube_share;tg3YlPR_LdY] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvparrots Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 The aviary is great. Your birdies have got to love it!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brat Birds Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 So great! Loved the video. Finding Rio sounds like a movie! LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timbersmom Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Enjoyed the pics and the video! What a crew... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VStar Mama Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 So.....what would be the cost of hiring you to put up an aviary in my yard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greytness Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 I already have first dibs! :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VStar Mama Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 I'm not trying to cut in line! Just trying to see how much I'm gonna have to save between now and then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katana600 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 That video is beautiful. Both my parrots are imitating a whistle from one of yours. I could not believe the magic of seeing Rio when you mentioned him blending in. You have a beautiful aviary. The devotion of you and your wife to your parrots is an inspiration. You have me wondering where is the best spot to install an aviary? At my house of course. I may need to find where you sourced your wire. Great job, well done and very creative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRSeedBurners Posted October 22, 2014 Author Share Posted October 22, 2014 As with all projects this one was under-budgeted, under-staffed and is currently over-schedule. I'm not kidding either! This thing was supposed to take a weekend...or two. The Cockatoo rescue that uses these same structures makes it sound so easy. I'm 100% sure I could do the next one in about half the time as I know what I'm doing now. I wish I would have kept track of the time I've spent and the costs. I'm thinking we are approaching $1000 on the materials cost. The Cockatoo Rescue that published the webpage which I'm following makes it sound pretty simple to set these up. But to their credit, they have a team of people, they buried the structure legs so as to use only one roll of wire, and the gates they built are simple PVC. I screwed myself by wanting this thing as tall as possible and mounting on concrete deck blocks buried just below ground. Plus I built a safety cage that could easily work as it's own outdoor aviary and two fancy wood gates. Now were laying some pretty white'ish rock that my wife found at a materials place around the outside on top of the dig wire. I have the feeling this project will never end. My wife wants to really purty it up and that means a lot of work for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRSeedBurners Posted October 22, 2014 Author Share Posted October 22, 2014 That video is beautiful. Both my parrots are imitating a whistle from one of yours. I could not believe the magic of seeing Rio when you mentioned him blending in. You have a beautiful aviary. The devotion of you and your wife to your parrots is an inspiration. You have me wondering where is the best spot to install an aviary? At my house of course. I may need to find where you sourced your wire. Great job, well done and very creative. Definitely find some place level to start with. I spent at least three days hauling and shoveling 4 truck loads of Texas black clay by hand and leveling the pad site. Unless you have access to heavy equipment which I don't. I bought the wire from a local farm store in the area. I can ask him where he sourced it from, I'm sure he'll give me the info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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