A cockatiel watches curiously from outside it's cage Friday at AJ's Feathered Friends Pet Shop in Elgin. February 15, 2013 | Michael Smart~Sun-Times Media

AJ's Feathered Friends Pet Shop can be found at 19 N. State Street in Elgin. February 15, 2013 | Michael Smart~Sun-Times Media

Daisy Govea, 5, (left) and her sister Nayeli, 9, play with a couple of birds Friday at AJ's Feathered Friends Pet Shop in Elgin. February 15, 2013 | Michael Smart~Sun-Times Media

Owner/Manager Andrew Malinish answers a customers question about birds Friday at AJs Feathered Friends Pet Shop in Elgin. February 15, 2013 | Michael Smart~Sun-Times Media

A Congo African grey parrot peeks around the corner Friday at AJs Feathered Friends Pet Shop in Elgin. February 15, 2013 | Michael Smart~Sun-Times Media

Customers Taylor Kiener of Bartlett (left) and Lucy Sieman of Elgin, watch a cage of parakeets Friday at AJ's Feathered Friends Pet Shop in Elgin. February 15, 2013 | Michael Smart~Sun-Times Media

Daisy Govea, 5, has a cockatiel sit on her shoulder Friday at AJ's Feathered Friends Pet Shop in Elgin. February 15, 2013 | Michael Smart~Sun-Times Media

Young parrotlets, the smallest parrot species, look up with mouths open Friday at AJ's Feathered Friends Pet Shop in Elgin. February 15, 2013 | Michael Smart~Sun-Times Media

Andrew Malinish holds his newborn baby daughter Isabella, one-week-old, as he and his fiance Juliette Ruiz with her two daughters Daisy Govea, 5, (left) and Nayeli Govea, 9, stand in the isle at their new store AJ's Feathered Friends Pet Shop on State Street in Elgin. Malinish and Ruiz recently opened their unique pet shop which specializes in exotic birds, which the shop breeds. The shop has a variety of birds, from finches to lovebirds to grey parrots. February 15, 2013 | Michael Smart~Sun-Times Media