Cocky, what's happened to you?

I snapped this cocky a couple of weeks ago;

the crest was bright red

and when it went to raise it,

all of the feathers stuck together 

I saw it again about a week later

and, after a lot of rain,

the feathers were washed out a bit 

but still a bright pink

Funny that the colour

isn't anywhere else on its body

This time of year they get in to

the plums; maybe it's plum juice;

I don't like to think

of anything worse...

Thankfully, it's still with us