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Aaah. My puppy gets to visit it's old family from time to time, and definitely prefers their company to other dogs. She gets so excited.

Yes I do think birds have preferences, especially in their choice of mates. I have seen some male birds get ridiculous after being selected as a mate. I am not going to go into the details of the "honey I'm home" nest interaction, but yea, I think birds do have preferences. These preferences are usually based on instinct and practical needs.

There are some peculiarities that I can't figure out though, and why it would be instinctual or practical like:
Did you know that some (male) birds steal nest materials to build up a better nest, to attract the initial nest owner's mate? oh yea. They get wicked. And sometimes it works!

Why not pick a female bird without a mate instead of attracting the neighbors wife, and stealing a portion of his house to do it? Odd. Birds are odd. The more I find out about them the more seriously disturbed I get.

"Your birdy wife is leaving you for me." "And I stole your kitchen and garage." Sucker!!