I've always been a bird person, love the tweety little buggers. Got 3 Lovebirds who can get pretty damn noisy at certain parts of the day. A green pair who are both boys and a Lutino (yellow) who's a female, kept in separate cages of course.
Before I had them, I've had several canaries in the past, a whole family of them actually. Raised a family of canaries when I was younger, from birth all the way until the last one passed on. The the 3 kids (had 5 canaries, 2 are obliviously the parents) were as much my kids as the parents. Raising them from birth, watching them learn to fly and grow are experience I'll never forget. They all lived long and happy lives I feel, still miss the little girl, she was my favorite and most special one of the group.
Definitely wanna raise another family of birds some day, just one of those wonderful experiences to have.