Double Yellow Headed Amazons

The Double Yellow Headed (DYH) Amazons are one of our newest additions. They are 15 - 17 inches long and live approximately 80 years. They are found in Central America.


Their intelligence is amazing. Their antics could entertain me for hours! They came to us named Fred and Wilma. When I go in to feed them Wilma says Hi I'm Wilma. I always respond with how are you Wilma and she does a little dance and turns her head in ways that would make Linda Blair proud. When I stand there and talk to them they will talk back in parrot. We hold long conversations, I just wish I could understand the wisdom they are imparting to me.

They love corn on the cob! They will grab it out of my hand before I can put it in their dish. They eat Papaya seeds but leave the Papaya. They hungrily consume Apples, Grapes, Melons, Sweet Potatoes, Squash (except yellow squash), Kale if the pieces are big, and of course birdie bread.

My love of Amazons has come back 100 fold. I don't know how I lived for the last 30 years without one in my life. When they have babies I will be keeping one for a pet. There is just nothing like the intelligence and antics of an Amazon. My new Mantra is Zons rule!

Here is a picture of Fred and Wilma

New babies and new flock members

Sorry it has been so long since I have been posted. Between updating the site, feeding babies and making a large addition to our flock I have been quite busy.

Here is a picture of the Green Cheek Conure babies I mentioned in my last post. This photograph was taken on March 3rd.


We have added Amazons to our flock. We have gotten a pair of Lilac Crowned, Mexican Redhead, Double Yellow Headed (DYH) and Yellow Naped. I will post some pictures of them over the next few days. We have also added 4 pair of Conures. We now have new pairs of Cinnamon, Yellow Sided, Turquoise and Normal Conures. I will post some pictures of them over the next few days.

The Amazons are wonderful! I had an Amazon when I was a young girl and it broke my heart when we left Brazil and I couldn't bring him to the USA. I said I would never have another Amazon. It took 30 plus years for my broken heart to heal and some prodding from my friends to convince me to get some Amazons. I jumped in with both feet! We have set up a temporary room for the Amazons. They will be moving into a larger room in a few months. We are building an addition to our house for our Cockatiel breeders in June/July.


We have quite a few new baby Cockatiels. There are 14 in the nest boxes that are less than 3 weeks old, 18 that are weaned and ready to find forever homes, 6 that are still being weaned.

I am still working on the playpen cam. I am not sure what I am doing wrong but I can't get it to show on the net. I have gotten it to work on Yahoo's webcam, but for some reason I can't get it to work on the site. I will keep trying different things so that everyone can see the babies playing, growing and watch their antics.

Today the birds had broccoli and peas. They love broccoli, I am thinking about trying to grow it.