Juvenile crimson rosella

This is the first time I've seen one here at home and was thrilled to get photos of it on the fence and drinking water. After i uploaded these photos I thought he looked "strange" and upon close examination he doesn't have a beak! I don't know how it will survive in the wild, but I hope he does! I

[KoalaGardens🐨]

oh that is sad, there is a fungal infection that can do this :(
Do you have a rescue organisation you can call?

[Margaret Snell]

Such a beautiful bird, I do hope it survives

[Rosie Kind]

Oh poor little bird - I hope he gets the help he needs as it may be due to lack of calcium and the Rescue Centre here in Bedfordshire provides the necessary substances by dropper as the birds are fed. Fav for this lovely shot

[HTGT]

Makes me sad :( Hope you have a rescue centre nearby that can take care of it.

[Diane]

Poor thing! And he's having a "bad feather" day to boot!

[Debbie]

Poor little thing. He's looks a little ruffled. It must have been a windy day.

[sally agnew]

Oh my, poor little bird.

[Lin]

He's such a pretty little thing - hoping he will be ok!

[richard saffold]

poor little guy, nature is hard.

[Denise Wood]

@koalagardens @oldjosh @rosiekind @cottiac @dianen @deborah63 @hermann @linnypinny @chard Thanks for all your concerns about this little chap. We do have a rescue group but as I've only seen him once I think it would be like trying to find a needle in a haystack trying to locate it. Hopefully it's mother may still be feeding it and I watched him drink from the bird bath ok.

[Candace]

Love the ruffled feathers!

[gloria jones]

Great, colorful shot

[Merrelyn]

Poor little fellow.

[Issi Bannerman]

Oh my word. What a face! He almost looks to have a cleft palate. His legs seem to be oddly splayed too - maybe just the wind though. What a great capture of this handicapped little chap.

[carol white]

Poor bird, hope he survives, but the odds are probably against him

[Lady Magpie (Heather)]

I don't care if it is a juvenile, it Mother shouldn't have sent it out without combing it's feathers. Although it might have had a disagreement with Jack. NO BEAK, that's sad and it will just have to suck-seed. FAV

[Lynda McG]

Ah, poor thing!

[Alan Simpson]

Wow, poor thing looks bedraggled..

[KWind]

Wow... such an interesting array of colours.

[Margaret Brown]

Oh poor thing, it's got this far but the odds are against it ending happily.

[Peter]

What a tough little fellow surviving through adversity I hope he makes it OK, interesting capture Denise:)

[Joyce]

So sad. Poor little fellow. I hope he makes it.

[Beryl Lloyd]

Poor little bird -- hope he gets help and survives !

[Pyrrhula]

Amazing beautiful colored bird and a great capture of it.

[Joanna kate]

Brilliant, definitely a bad feather day fav

[Pyrrhula]

I think we are more famous for this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDqa4esWbb4

[👑 AnaZad]

Lovely colors in those feathers. Nice capture.

[Joan Robillard]

SO sad.

[wendy frost]

Poor little thing I hope it is able to adapt to its disability and survive.

[Peter Grave]

Nicely captured.

[Faye Turner]

Poor little bird! Very colourful though!

[Rachel]

Oh, the poor little thing. I do hope it survives.

[Tony]

Sad looking bird, lack of a beak will likely limit life expectancy.

[HTGT]

@gilbertwood Not really for me to say but if you gave the rescue group a call they actually might have more luck than you or I in finding it. The longer it is like that the less chance it has... :(

[Denise Wood]

@cottiac Thanks for your concern - we actually don't have a rescue centre as such, but just a team of vets and a few other volunteers. They wouldn't have the time to go searching. However I will phone them to see if it has been reported and if so anywhere near here! I will definitely watch out for it and report it should I see him again. I have previously taken an injured lorikeet to one of the vets.

[HTGT]

@gilbertwood Sorry I'm just a volunteer at a rescue center. We collect from Vets and I feel powerless to help on this ocassion. :-Z