Sulphur-crested cockatoo with beak and feather disease, Pallamallawa New South Wales Australia, 2009

Image description: A sulphur-crested cockatoo sitting on top of a chain link fence, in front of a shaded, green leafy background. The cockatoo is featherless aside from two small yellow feathers on the top of its head, and some feathers on its wings.

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Sulphur-crested cockatoo with beak and feather disease, Pallamallawa New South Wales Australia, 2009

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That's hours from being lunch for something...
- The bird survived for years believe it or not. The fence it was sitting on was on the edge of a secure yard, with no dogs, cats etc. My uncle would throw seed in there for all of the birds every day, and this guy would just climb down a tree and in to the yard. Because the yard was enclosed, he was able to eat safely on the ground
  
  Aww I'm glad your uncle threw out seed for them
  
  It had to live for years without being able to fly? The disease is permanent? Is it contagious?
  
  Did it get a name? I feel like it deserved a name.