Anna:
>Teresa, I wonder if it could have been a zebra finch? I don't know the
>scientific name, nor have I ever seen one, but I know some people keep
>them. your description seems like a possible fit to something called a
>zebra finch.

Sounds like a zebra finch to me, too. Though I rarely go to pet
shops, I've seen huge flocks of them in the Red Center of Australia.

- Don Baccus, Portland OR <donb at rational.com>