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Hi,

Welcome back to the Aussie Finch Forum newsletter! We're now more than halfway through the spring breeding season, so hopefully your birds have already put a good number of young onto the perch, and are gearing up for another clutch.

The weather is starting get much warmer—in South Australia we just had our first 40+ degree day—so it's time to start preparing our aviaries for the heat. There's a helpful article on this very topic a bit further down in the newsletter.

Until next time, happy finching!

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Keeping your birds cool during extremely hot weather

Most of the birds we keep in aviculture are indigenous to warmer areas like Africa, Australia, South America and South-East Asia. Though they typically tolerate high temperatures better than humans, extreme heat, prolonged heatwaves, and poor aviary design can result in heat stress and even death.