However, as with most people who live in suburbia, where my aviary was going to be placed was restrained by the space available.I was lucky enough to have a area at the back of our block that was north facing and protected on 3 sides by existing brick walls. The best place is to position the front of the aviary to follow the suns path, with the protected part facing the direction of bad weather.
When building the aviary we decided it was better to have a double safety door to ensure there won't be any accidental escapes. These doors are full height and the internal "foyer" is large enough that 2 people can comfortably stand inside and operate the doors.
Many people have solid concrete floors to their aviaries to assist with cleaning, but I wanted to keep mine as a garden aviary therefore as natural as possible. Earthen floors do need to be turned over and limed regulary. A strict health regime also needs to be maintained to prevent worms and coccidiosis.
I prefer the use of natural branches for perches as the differing sizes helps with exercising the birds feet.
My aviary is connected to the automatic irrigation system for the rest of the garden. This means that as the irrigation waters the garden the water bowl for the birds is filled and the plants watered. This is of course not a fool proof system so daily checks of the water are still necessary. I don't have seperate bathing an drinking recepticals.
I have planted my avairy with several different varieties of native grasses, two dwarf melalucas and used an existing bridal veil plant in the centre of the aviary. I also spread the uneaten seeds on the ground at the front of the aviary, which both provides the birds food to forage for before and after the seeds have sprouted.