How to Build Everything You Need for Your Birds, from Aviaries...to Nestboxes

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Summary: Exceptional plans, better than what I expected.
Review: I needed a means by which to build aviaries for my birds. I have built one out of the book, and it is great. I'm most impressed with the bird "hospital" cage.. It works exactly as described. My first impression when I received the book was not that great. The drawings were clear, directions clear, but I guess on some level I expected something more than what looked like a college study packet from Kinko's. The designs in this book and the subsequent modifications I've made to them to fit my needs have been outstanding. One needs only a modicum of building expertise, a knucklehead can put the designes together. Highly recommended... again, this is coming from someone who has actually built items off the plans in the book. It's not a glitzy book, but doggon functional.

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Summary: how to build everything you need for your birds
Review: I was extremely disappointed by the very limited information in the book. There were just a few simple drawings on some aviaries with no fresh ideas or insight. It is a waste of time and money. This book is not recommended to anyone. It is not even a book, more like some photostated scraps of paper bundled together with a cheap cardboard cover.

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Summary: Not for the average suburban hobbyist
Review: Potential purchasers of this booklet should be aware that the author is very serious about his birds. What he considers a "quite small" aviary, "for the aviculturist who has only restricted land area for his hobby", measures 11 by 16 feet. A "fairly large" one is 38 by 24 feet, complete with concrete foundation, plumbing, heating, electric lights, and 12 foot ceilings.
If, like me, you are looking for ideas for a small backyard aviary for a few canaries, you should look elsewhere. This publication contains plans for only 6 aviaries. Four are far too large for the average suburban lot, unless you are willing to knock down your house first, and the other two are so rudimentary that plans are hardly necessary.

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Summary: Direct quote from email review received by the publisher
Review: The following quotes were taken directly from an email received by the publisher... from a customer in Cherry Valley CA: "I was delighted to get your email asking me to do a review of your book" ... "I'm really surprised that more haven't gotten or read your book. It is so easy to understand and the illustrations are wonderful. In fact, you could almost build the aviary on the illustrations alone. I have looked and looked for something that would be easy to understand and give different options for designs. I will say I had also purchased another book" ... "near the time I purchased yours. Theirs came first and I was so disappointed in it. I was afraid to see what yours was going to be like. But, when it arrived, not only was I happy with it, but my husband was too. In fact, we picked out a design that night....You are right that your book has filled a need. Because of the fact that I have somehow become the "bird lady" of both my workplace and my husband's, I have been looking everywhere for good books on aviaries. They are few and far between."

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Summary: Good plans for modular building
Review: This book lays out a good set of plans for starting small and working your way up to as large a breeding operation as you like. I am adept at building small animal pens, and I've been doing so for several decades, on a hobby basis. I was still impressed with the simple brilliance of this book.

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Summary: Everything You Need for Your Birds
Review: This is a great book. The seller is great to work with.
Very fast del.
Thank you so much for all the info.
Hope to deal with you again.

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Summary: One-stop guide for everything you need to get started!
Review: This is an excellent guide! Provides clear information including measurements and material lists/suggestions to help the readers build just the size aviary they need. Further, I found the designs to be multi-functional. As a wildlife rehabilitator, I plan to uses these designs to build some new housing for small mammals (Squirrels, Opossums, Rabbits, etc.). This is a great reference guide and I've already talked with several other wildlife rehabilitators who are interested in getting their own copies to use as they build new aviaries/housing for the wildlife they work with. We can save lots of money on things like nest boxes, etc. because rather than designing our own or buying them ready-made, we now have a great set of directions for proven designs...now off to our local Home Depot for the supplies! If you're looking for a very practical, easy to understand manual, this is the one you want.

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Summary: One-stop guide for everything you need to get started!
Review: This is an excellent guide! Provides clear information including measurements and material lists/suggestions to help the readers build just the size aviary they need. Further, I found the designs to be multi-functional. As a wildlife rehabilitator, I plan to uses these designs to build some new housing for small mammals (Squirrels, Opossums, Rabbits, etc.). This is a great reference guide and I've already talked with several other wildlife rehabilitators who are interested in getting their own copies to use as they build new aviaries/housing for the wildlife they work with. We can save lots of money on things like nest boxes, etc. because rather than designing our own or buying them ready-made, we now have a great set of directions for proven designs...now off to our local Home Depot for the supplies! If you're looking for a very practical, easy to understand manual, this is the one you want.

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Summary: How to Build Everything You need for your Birds
Review: This is the best book I have purchased. I have bought many books and this is the only one I refer to now. It has all the information you need so why waste your money on anything else? My husband and I love this book and are in the process of building our Aviary from the designs and information in this book. This book is #1 with us and it will be with you too.