Never really had plans, just built as i went with the size i had available. If keeping finches (they don’t chew the wire like parrots) i just used a black spray paint for the wire, so much better to see the birds through. Probably not ideal to have the birds in the dish but ive found no matter how small they still get in and kick the seed around. If keeping finches i would definitely have the entire roof enclosed rather than wire. Wind and rain and not a friend of finches. Good luck with your aviary. :)

The birds at 5:46 are cordon blues

at 2:45 there is normal canary and red canary 3:13 gouldian finches 3:28 painted finch comes in the corner (red and black one) 3:30 red canary 3:32 ruddy finch 3:55 blue faced parrot finch 4:29 zebra finch male and female 5:20 maybe a king quail or some other quail (little one on the ground) 5:40 cordon bleu 5:50 owl finch and female zebra finch in the background 6:10 red headed parrot finch and 6:28 female hope this helps :)