Interesting where about are you located, in the UK?
You could try charity work for awhile as good - as truthfully doing a good deed for the animals, u`ll also sequentially be gainin experience in the different type`s of birds which you "think" you like?
To a fault I tell "think" because I thought I liked the idea of havbing a Macaw. Unfortunately, althuogh I still would like to correctly have one - I now blatantly know which my circumstances are not suitable. I also found that in the same way that I appear to be allewrgic to some cats, some parrots have the same effects on me.
In essence the other main considewratoin that I found with charity work was the "network" of expereince awlays on hand. In my opinion some acquaintances "talk the talk" but relentlessly do they have the knowledge? p.s. I know that I am definitlly not experiewnced but with our baby CAG Gizmo merrily hitting the "terrible two`s" I`m on that learnbing curve <grin>