hahaha matt, I can't believe it's that noticeable :P It's there because I used to move him around alot and he lost all of his feathers over the summer and I wanted to put him in something wthat I could move around easily but not have him get all stressed out from ripping his foot off of the rocks. He has since grown all of his feathers back and has put alot of new growth on it.

Thanks for the comments guys. I'm in the process of taking photos each week to see how it grows. I only have my phone camera to take photos with but the quality isnt too bad when you consider its a phone.

-Steve