get some crows,they're highly intelligent and adaptable,and speak a highly evolved language amongst their peers..
them and owls are the smartest birds but owls are more solitary in nature,they prolly wouldn't take well in an urban enviornment if you trying to breed..
in a semi related note i got a ticket the other day for riding the train without proof of payment,i literally took the ticket and shredded it in front of the transit officers face and threw it overhead,i swear at the exact moment my hands went over my head a flock of pigeons swooped down and landed at my feet
made an otherwise unsavory moment quite tolerable,like mama nature was feeling my pain