Thanks Brendan.
Funnily enough, Pippio was a W.A. bird rescue. Over a decade ago now, I was living with a geologist who collected a juvenile galah on the front of his landy a few hours north of Kal. Fauna rescue told us to look after him for a week, then come back. It was an ordeal (many bloody fingers), but I earned his trust, nursed him back to health and at the end of the week we took him back. They told us he was too tame to release!
Victorian Galahs have a very slightly deeper pink plumage and colouration around the eyes.
As to the glue issues, and Simon's point, I've looked into it, and I will try and apply a small amount of orange-peel based solvent.
If it doesn't work, I'm considering an inlay over the most obvious spot.
McCreed's joke is actually a really interesting idea - and bird poop would be greatly humorous to me, even if others won't get/like it.
Cheers.