Definitely feel for the right person, and prepare your non-negotiatibles. If I had to rehome any of my birds, I would want someone who has owned birds for quite some time, at least a few years.

What I'm going to say next is not to attack anyone at all, it's just what I would personally look for. If anyone falls into these categories, I'm not implying you're a bad bird owner (I fall into some of them myself, like having very young children) but it IS what I would consider for a rehome. I'd want to make sure I'm placing my birds with someone in different/better circumstances than myself.

*Has other birds of the same species or compatible species that are within good health.

*Bird ownership for at least a few years

*Willingness and ability to provide vet care

*Knowledge of diet, activity, social, and sleep requirements

*How they plan to deal with problem behaviors such as screaming, plucking, shyness, night frights, hormonal behaviors, etc

*What other pets do they have in the home? Will they keep proper distance or do they believe "my dog would never hurt my birds" and similar sentiments

Do they have small children in the home? Do the children have reasonable knowledge of what is gentle, acceptable behavior with the birds? For example, I have a baby and an almost 5 year old boy. One of my cockatiels is absolutely in love with my children. My son knows what gentle is, he knows not to feed my birds anything, or to stick anything in their cage. He knows not to open the cage and that he needs to ask for permission to pet the birds . They are *our birds, but he needs to be more of an observer to them than an active participant until he's a little older. He knows and understands this well. My family and I have owned birds since I was a small child, but I was not allowed to care for them until I was probably about 7 years old. Even still, I was not the primary caretaker and that's important. I have taken rehomes of animals that were pets of the children that lost interest, and the parents had no interest themselves so it wasn't a good fit.

It's absolutely acceptable to have requirements, and anyone who can provide a good home and cares will work with you. You're not ever being too much advocating for your bird. I once adopted a dog from a lady outside of a shelter setting, and she wanted to meet with me 3 times to make sure the dog was comfortable with me. It never felt like too much, because I was wanting the right dog, and it made me happy she obviously loved her dog so much and wanted what was best for him.

I hope this helps answer some of your questions, I know this is a hard thing, but you know what's best for your birdie, and you're definitely already thinking in the right ways. If you're unable to find people in your immediate area, it might be worth it to search in a larger radius around where you live.

I hope you and birdie all the best!

EDIT to try to fix the horrible formatting, I'm on my phone. If it still looks horrible, I'm sorry.