
Here are two pictures of the outside of the lab. In the first you can see the Science Building in the background and in the other one you can see the greenhouse next to it.

I would show you the other side, but it is just a concrete wall. No windows; no ventilation.
The building is divided into three rooms. The door that you can see in the first picture belongs to the biology department. The other two rooms are ours.

We have four fully functioning operant chambers and a fifth one that will work with a modified interface panel (the black flat thing with the holes standing next to each chamber), but is missing a projector on the inside wall.

One of the best things about the design of the lab is the floor and walls. The floor is smooth concrete. The operant chamber floor is painted but the home cage floor is not and both have a slight slope down to a drain in the middle of the room. The walls are smooth tile for about two thirds of the way up, then it is painted cinder blocks. These make cleaning easy! Both rooms also have a sink for easy access to fresh water for the birds, and there is a faucet and hose outside so that the cages can be cleaned regularly.

Here is what the home cage room looks like when the birds are free to roam around. About half of them still prefer to hang out in cages, but they can fly around whenever they want. Unfortunately, there are not a lot of exciting things for them to look at or play with, but those are a part of my dream for our new space...
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