English example sentences with "aviary"

An aviary is a large enclosure for birds, often containing shrubbery and other plants to simulate their natural habitat.

Sami visited the aviary.

I was engaged to him, Mr. Holmes, when I heard a shocking story of how he had turned a cat loose in an aviary, and I was so horrified at his brutal cruelty that I would have nothing more to do with him.

The zoo's aviary was filled with colorful birds, Adriano noticed.

Since then, Indian white-backed vulture numbers have plummeted from 30 or 40 million birds to just thousands. This massive decline has left scientists scratching their heads about how many vultures are left in central and south Asia and other parts of the world. Because vultures move around a lot, it's been hard to keep track of individuals. There's never been an accurate total population count — anywhere. That's where Katzner and the National Aviary come in.