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These birds fall in love, mourn lost loved ones, share jokes, feel jealous-and sometimes even murder each other. Among the many avian characters we meet are Sweetie, a tiny quail with an outsize personality Oscar, a Lady Gouldian finch who finds a way to reach the highest perches of his aviary to roost despite not being able to fly and Amigo, an Amazon parrot with a surprisingly rude vocabulary. And their behavior is even more fascinating than their glorious plumage or their songs. It is home to some of the largest populations of rare species in the world.

The founder of a rare bird sanctuary shares a look at the lives of exotic birds and the people who care for them in this "anecdotal, entertaining memoir" ( Publishers Weekly) Michele Raffin is the founder of Pandemonium Aviaries, a conservation organization dedicated to saving and breeding birds at the edge of extinction.