Community dining is working out much better than I anticipated. There is only one holdout. Strangely, the bird that seems to be most upset by the situation is Babalu, notably the most "aggressive" cockatoo. When you see Babalu turn and fly from the community dining "table" and target your shoulder you know one thing: all his bravado has nothing to do with aggression.

Bab's so-called aggression is simply to protect the one who saved him from a sad life where he waited for 11 years to find someone who could love him; that's who he flies to for comfort.

So, for the moment, Bab only eats a nibble or two with the other birds and then finishes his meal in his cage. We know that he is a lover not a fighter and in time he will join in. We just need to give the big guy time.