When Ken does a taming demonstration, the local group or club hosting the event provides him with birds that are extremely "difficult," ones that are considered to be un-handle-able.  In this case, one of the birds arranged for him at the Midwest Bird Seminar in 2002 was Fred, an abused, neglected, extremely hand-shy, terrified, self-mutilating, half-plucked Blue and Gold Macaw.  Ken worked with Fred for all of about 20 minutes.    Fred was extremely frightened and aggressive; he had never been held, never done step-ups and wouldn't allow anyone to touch him.  He also squawked, resisted and bit extremely hard as Ken exposed him to his biggest fears.  It was a difficult session.  Some observers even became uncomfortable with Fred's constant squawking. After about twenty minutes, the troubled bird began to make some breakthrough progress.