That's a good question!! It started when my two cats passed away when I was still in preschool and my father didn't want any more cats again....but I love animals and when he suddenly proposed getting birds instead (it was...more like a joke I believe but still) I was SO HYPED to hear that. My grandparents have had budgies for a lot of years and so I was gifted two budgies, too...named them Timmy & Blue (literally OG's, they're sadly no longer here tho 😔) weeeeell....then we started expanding the bird group!! We got them a whole room at some point and I started adopting birds from the shelter,, I also began to start paying more attention to wild birds and over the years, well, I suppose my fascination and love just grew ❤️‍🩹