Dali can best be described as an obsessive compulsive. By that I mean he struts around his play stand in patterns of his own definition, he is extremely resistant to any changes in his environment and, yes, he plucks.

His plucking has been of some concern to us (he was a plucker when we got him) and he has calmed down a bit but any changes to his environment get him going again. He does not mutilate or pluck excessively - he maintains a layer of down and some feathers over his body.

Dali, however, is not defined by his plucking - I guess you could say he transcends his plucking through his outgoing personality.

Whenever any non-bird person comes into my house and sees the birds on their playstands the first question (as you can probably guess) is "Do any of them talk?" Most of the time I cannot get any of them to be quiet but the only one who will say anything in front of a stranger is Dali who is happy to perform his struts and bobbing and "How ya' doin'?" and clucking like a chicken, barking like a dog - you get the idea...