Hobo & Pickles
Neesa's Boys

Hobo and Pickles are my two pet amazon parrots that have been with me since May 1996. In that short time they have become my boys, my "fids", and the loves of my life.

Hobo

I automatically list Hobo first because he is the dominant bird. Hobo is a 10 year old Blue Front Amazon parrot. As you can see in the pictures he has blue on his cere (above the beak) and a bluish blush down the front of his body. I think his coloring is quite beautiful and the red on his wings is especially striking. However like most handsome males, he is also quite arrogant. He is also quite the camera ham, which explains why there are so many more pictures of him than his buddy Pickles.

Hobo always likes getting to the top of the cage and looking out as the official "sentry"

Hobo LOVES bathing by a spray bath and will fight Pickles for the water. I am his slave and spray until my hands are tired. If he doesn't feel he is wet enough he goes to the water bowl (right) and tries to drench himself some more by flinging water all over.

Pickles

Pickles is my sweetheart. Pickles is a 15 year old (at least) Orange-winged Amazon parrot who is semi-tame. Pickles will step up for me and most anyone as long as it's from the floor. Pickles does not like to step off the safety of his cage. Pickles also like to spend his time trying to get up on shoulders for rides - which he knows he's not supposed to do. Pickles is my more talkative bird and my biggest problem is getting him to say "Good BOY" instead of "Good Girl!" Both birds love to whistle and sing along to Disney songs on the stereo.

	Pickles doesn't like posing for photos much so this is one of the few photos that we have of him. He really enjoyed his trip to a Halloween party as the "Pirate's Companion" Pickles has donated the extra space on his section for Murphy, the Green-winged macaw who belongs to Neesa's good friend Trish. Green wings are Neesa's dream bird. One day...   Pickles likes to go out to parties and picked a special friend to hang out with at a this Halloween party. Guess parrots are attracted to Parrotheads?

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