All my girl friends were birds. :) I normally don't recommend anyone to have birds as pets unless you set them free to enjoy their life with nature.. you can keep pigeons in a big cage with free entry and exit.. during my school days I used to have 10s of them.. but I never tried to put them in jail.. once I went on my holidays..my mom told me one pigeon which was very close to me used to come to my bed room and makes some sound (like he is calling me) daily for at least 10 days.. which was very touching. :)