Tracy Aviary
One of the nation’s oldest public aviaries combines intimate habitats, free-flight programs, and conservation work in a walkable garden setting.
Artwork inspired by Mabel Frazer
Tracy Aviary rewards behavioral observation: courtship, bathing, vocalization, flight, feeding, and choice are often visible at close range. Shows and keeper programs explain how anatomy and training support care, while conservation work extends to native Utah birds and urban habitats.
Pause before each habitat to find every bird and identify what it is doing before reading the label. Revisit quieter exhibits after a program; activity and visibility change rapidly with weather and feeding.
- Founded
- 1938
- Setting
- Liberty Park
- Allow
- 2–3 hours
Quick guide
- Route question
- Liberty Park bird behavior ↔ Andean condors
- Final evidence
- Native bird conservation
Quick guide
- Check schedule
- Choose one flight or keeper program.
- Listen first
- Locate hidden birds by call and movement.
- Watch behavior
- Name the action before the species.
- Revisit
- Return after weather or feeding changes.
Good to know
The aviary is separate from Tracy Aviary’s Jordan River Nature Center. Outdoor paths and programs are weather dependent, while winter can offer active birds and lighter crowds. Liberty Park events affect parking.
Notice these
- Free-flight programs
- Andean condors
- Native bird conservation