Outside, bengalese, gouldian and zebra finches flit around in their cages, a symphony of chirps and flapping wings.
Harry the cockatiel courts long-time love Hazel while a pair of quail take their bottom spot in the pecking order, literally, searching for seed down below.
Daniel Silsbee 11, will be showing off some of these characters at the Annual Hamilton Cage Bird Club Show on July 4 and 5, at the Hamilton Gardens Pavilion.
"I don't know why I like birds but I've always wanted one since I was really young," he says.
Previously volunteering at the show, Daniel says he hopes to enter a few of his birds in the show's open category competition this year.
"I would like to take my bengalese that I bred this year. I don't know how many cages I can get so it depends on that.
"They judge the birds on different things like the sound they sing in, their colour and how they sit on their perch," he says.
Daniel credits the Hamilton Cage Bird Club for teaching him how to keep new additions from flying away and how to properly care for his birds so they can breed.
"You keep on learning stuff and it's nice to talk to people that know a lot about birds," he says.
Hamilton Cage Bird Club Secretary Clayton Putt says Daniel is the youngest member of the club, which holds monthly meetings and takes part in shows around the country.
"He's very keen. He loves his little birds.
"We've got to have younger members coming in, otherwise the club won't be able to continue and our bird-keeping knowledge will be lost to the next generation," he says.
Daniel's mother Lori Silsbee says they realised Daniel had a passion for birds from a young age, buying him a New Zealand bird identification book when he was 3 years old.
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