Got this via email tonight. With linked pics:

About eight years ago a wild Australian Sulphur Crested Cockatoo flew into a car and broke its wing.
The motorist took it to the Vet in Nerang, Queensland, who had to amputate the wing.
We adopted her - for which we needed a National Parks and Wildlife permit - and kept her in a cage outside where she was often visited by wild Cockatoos.
One of the things that impressed us was how she would push lettuce leaves through the bars of the cage, offering food to visitors.
Last Sunday, she again had a visitor.

The clever fellow figured out how to undo the tamper proof latch!

They mated! We are looking forward to beautiful baby cockatoos. Will keep you posted.

At first it seemed as though he was annoyed because she did not fly off with him and he would squawk a lot. He soon came to understand that she could not fly so he just stayed. However, she was no longer returning to her cage. The two of them would stay in the trees in our garden and because the yard is well fenced, they were safe from dogs but the neighbour's cat is not kept indoors at night and we often have to chase it away. Chances are the cat would come off second best in a confrontation with a Cockatoo but at night cats remain a danger because they could stalk a sleeping bird on the ground.

We kept a vigil to see how things were progressing.
They took turns incubating the eggs and covering the tunnel.

After about three weeks, the eggs hatched. Have a careful look at this picture and try to spot the bit of yellow fluff.

Second lap running around the Lilly Pilly trees!

How cool is it the one winged young lady who might have spent her life in the cage now has a mate?

Cockatoos mate for life.

Anyway, for those that see it I hope you enjoy it as much as my wife and I did.

She could have spent 50 years by herself missing out.

No more!

Sweet little ♥ story. I enjoyed it.

Nicee. ^_^

Spud enjoyed this story much more than that silly movie of the same name.

Pix are cool too.

Be Well.