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Personally, I love them all. In HI, the chickadees, the turtle doves, miniature turtle doves, and many others, would swoop down on the floor next to dining tables at several of the restaurants and make all kinds of cooing, chirping, and warbling sounds. They make it so relaxing. Though at first we were afraid of getting "bombed". But we noticed that they rarely, if ever, flew over the tables.

On mother's day last year, after shopping at Walmart in Martinez, CA, my wife noticed a "very pretty bird". When she asked what kind it was, I had to look, and saw a yellow and green parakeet. It took flight when I attempted to invite it to perch on my hand.

After some pursuit halfway through the parking lot, I was able to catch it. I went back into the store and bought a cage and feed. This baby must have escaped from its previous owner for some time because when we got home and fed it, he finished that entire 1-ounce container-full of feed. For all the time we were in CA, and subsequently in Vegas, he was singing all the time. The maids at the hotels wanted to adopt him.