A purpose-built aviary complex designed for one mission: rebuilding the strength, instincts, and wildness a rescued raptor needs to survive on release. From padded recovery cages to open flight aviaries — every space is engineered for the bird inside it.
Multi-stage
Aviary Complex
Species-Specific
Housing Design
Pre-Release
Flight Conditioning
Lifelong
Care for Non-Releasable Birds
Surgery is only the beginning. The real work — and the most time-intensive part of rescue — happens after a bird leaves the operating theater.
A Black Kite with a repaired propatagium can take six to eight weeks of careful flight conditioning before it's ready to hunt again. An orphaned Spotted Owlet chick may live with us for months before it can survive alone. An Egyptian Vulture with lead poisoning needs a quiet, dark recovery space, then gradual exposure, then space to soar.
Our aviary complex is engineered for these journeys. Every enclosure type was built — and rebuilt — based on what we learned the previous year about what works.
Each tuned to a specific phase of recovery — or a specific resident.
Individually ventilated enclosures for post-surgical patients. Padded interiors, controlled lighting, and limited movement protect freshly repaired wings during the first critical weeks of healing.
Spacious netted aviaries — the heart of our rehabilitation programme. Birds rebuild flight muscles, coordination, and stamina here over weeks, often months, before being assessed for release.
Warm, draft-free housing for orphaned and fallen hatchlings. Specialized feeding stations, gentle-handling protocols, and species-correct diets ensure healthy development from helpless chick to independent juvenile.
Black Kites, Egyptian Vultures, Barn Owls, Spotted Owlets, Shikras, and others all have different perching, lighting, and shelter needs. Each species houses in conditions tuned to its biology.
Semi-exposed enclosures that gradually re-acclimatise birds to Delhi's heat, humidity, monsoon, and temperature swings. Critical bridge between protected indoor recovery and the open sky.
Birds with permanent disabilities — missing eyes, amputated wings, neurological damage — receive lifelong care in comfortable, enriched enclosures. Many become ambassadors for visitor education.
Dozens of raptors share these spaces — Black Kites, Egyptian Vultures, owls, and others — at different stages of their journey home.
Recovery Enclosure — Mixed Raptors
Main Flight Aviary — Pre-Release
Aviary Interior — Species Mix
The design principles behind every cage, perch, and aviary in our complex.
Visual barriers, quiet zones, and minimal human contact during recovery. Wild raptors are not pets — every enclosure protects their wildness so they can return to it.
Easy-clean surfaces, segregated wards for infectious cases, and routine sanitation protocols. Cross-contamination between recovering and incoming birds is the silent killer in rescue work — we engineer against it.
Perching at multiple heights, varied substrates, hidden food, line-of-sight to other birds. Boredom and learned helplessness in captivity erode the instincts a bird needs to survive after release.
From the moment a bird leaves the clinic to the day it returns to the sky.
Once medically stable and feeding independently, the bird leaves the ICU and enters the aviary complex. The medical work is done; now the rebuilding begins.
Restricted movement protects healing surgical sites. Daily wound checks, weight monitoring, and gentle physical therapy on stiffened wings.
First short flights. Distance is built up day by day. Wing strength, balance, and stamina are tracked closely — setbacks are caught early.
Large open space. The bird must demonstrate sustained flight, accurate landings, and full range of motion. Hunting and self-feeding skills are reinforced.
Re-acclimatisation to Delhi's weather extremes. The bird experiences sun, wind, rain, and ambient noise — everything it will face on release day.
Final flight assessment. The bird is taken to a suitable release site — ideally near where it was originally found — and returned to the wild.
Building and maintaining specialised housing is one of the most expensive parts of running a rescue. Your donation can fund a recovery cage, an aviary expansion, or chick-nursery upgrades.
