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Welcome to BIRDS IN THE GARDENA site dedicated to the building ofBACKYARD AVIARIESPlease be patient as this web site is fairly slow loading because of its many photo stories most of the pages have thumbprint photos to let you chose which ones you want to enlarge for detail examinationPlease be sure to visit the other pages at my siteBuilding aviaries is a vocation I thoroughly enjoy. It allows me to combine my profession with my most relaxing hobby. I have a strong background as a design-build General Contractor, with 35 years experience of direct on the job supervision of all the construction trades in all phases of residential and commercial construction. My background plus the ever present respect for the natural beauty of nature made it much easier to solve problems that arose in all my designs of custom aviaries. Extensive travel throughout the United States on some of the nation's largest projects gave me an understanding of the many different climates that America has.For the past 30 years I have designed and built for many types of birds outside flight aviaries, attached to homes, or freestanding in gardensForced innovation (design by trial and error) created some aspects of designs. On items I felt could be done more suitably, I redid what was constructed, always learning from what I considered to be design flaws, constantly improving my backyard aviary designs. There are not many books on construction of backyard aviaries. The Europeans -- especially the English -- have been raising birds in outdoor aviaries for hundreds of years. Having colonies to the far corners of the world they imported some of the planet's most beautiful birds and successfully bred them in England.For anyone considering building an backyard aviary, do it! You will be very pleasantly surprised at how much you will enjoy the benefits of your expense and labors. Yourself and your visitors will be rewarded with many hours of enjoyment and relaxation in just watching, listening and becoming enchanted.
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| Web Pages at this Web site | Description of web pages |
| Home Page | General scope of the backyard aviary |
| about backyard aviaries | A short photo and text story on backyard aviaries |
| Photo | Photos from backyard aviary projects |
| Building Tips | Helpful tips and photos for backyard aviaries |
| Kit Form | Kit form panels for backyard aviaries (Costs per panel) |
| F.A.Q. | Frequently Asked Questions |
| Custom long flight | Long flight done very inexpensive, for max enjoyment. |
| deck flight | A small flight to enjoy your deck much more. |
| Shelter aviary | A shelter birdhouse with a attached flight. |
| elongated gazebo | gazebo bell ends with straight panels between |
| bird links | some favorite and informative links |
| hillside aviary | finch flight built on the side of a hill |
A. Ronald Banks Builder of Quality Aviaries
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