I'm at a loss to explain the deaths so I have decided to removed all birds from the aviary and fully strip out and clean the cage.
My top theory was a local cat that is hanging around the house is killing the birds. It has poor access to the yard during the day with the dogs patrolling but easy could get close access during the night when then birds are easily sneaked up on and sleep very close to the edge of the cage.
After cleaning out the cage I found a large spider with a white tip on it abdomen living behind there feeder. I'm unsure if a spider will bite or could kill a bird but it would explain a lot if it could. I would suspect that most birds would have a natural immunity to spider bites due to the fact that most places they choose to nest in the wild are frequented by spiders but I'm unsure and finding hard to find information on it.
These are healthy birds, it is very frustrating.
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