Large birds are a lifelong commitment. Before you choose a large bird as a companion animal, understand they can live a very long time, they are loud, and they have not been domesticated that long in their evolutionary journey so they have many behaviors that may not fit with your expectations.
Midori is 31 years old and has kidney disease. That's why her tail isn't great. She's on a special diet and is a bit psycho and aggressive.
Charlene is 30 years old and was pinioned by a previous owner. Her flight feathers will never grow back.
Tiki is 27 years old and wears an E collar because she feather plucks. This is common to Moluccan and Umbrella cockatoos and occurs from hormones, stress, and lack of interaction from humans and/or their own kind. When we first got Tiki, she had no feathers on one wing and over 1/2 of her body.
SOMETIMES you can hear the birds, but I'm trying really hard not to blow out your speakers when they scream. Trust me, it's loud...as in MUCH LOUDER than screaming children (even babies).
Right now we're using Tiny Webcams (yeah, that's a brand from OBSBOT in Hong Kong). They're mini PTZ cameras.
Right now, Mac Mini M1 powers the stream.
That would be WildPwnyta (she's a streamer too so check her out).
Tiki is a feather plucker, similar to many other cockatoos kept as pets. Some birds who pluck will go on to develop self-mutilating behavior. Even without self-mutilating behavior, a bird without feathers is more prone to injuries and infections to their delicate skin. It seems that over the years, Tiki has un-learned appropriate preening, shreds her feathers, splits them, and can cause a spiral of itching, scratching, obsession, etc. The collar prevents this cycle from continuing.
Midori has advanced kidney disease and is on a special diet and medications. We believe some of that causes the tail feathers to not grow appropriately.