Late hormones?

Hello everyone,
Apologies if this has been answered before, but everything I've read says zon's mating time is about 2 months long in winter/spring as days start to get longer. I had the impression that it was March to April. Here we are going into May shortly and Specs has started to do a head bob trying to regurgitate food. Then changes into clucking like a chicken while slapping his tail down (flared or not) then deep heavy breathing though his nose. Almost sounds like a whistle he's puffing so hard! So far, I've only seen him do this to me, and has just started about 5 days ago.

I'm not trying to condone this behavior but he only does it when he's on my shoulder. If I go to attempt to stop by a clicker, or to even pick him up he'll get very beaky. Not hard, but will nip/hold/grab with food as well then continue on with the dance.

Is this a sign of a mating dance? The regurgitation movements kinda make me think so. Just was under the impression that the hormonal stage was passed when we adopted him due to the other zon's activity at the fair and the posts here around that time. Could my zon just be a late bloomer?

Thanks everyone.

The late winter/early spring is "normal", but every individual bird is on their own schedule. Also, some birds do not get it NEARLY as bad as others, an may show very little signs they are hormonal. My parents GCA barely shows any of the signs of being hormonal, about all he will do is shred the newspaper on the bottom of his cage- no aggression, no 'dances', no displays, he's barely affected. Kiwi and their female DYH both get "normal" hormonal behaviors. Your Specs may just not show signs as bad, which isn't a bad thing (trust me, hormonal zons are no fun lol).

Also, how old is he? Amazons are not sexually mature until 4-6 years old, and after about 20 or so years old, their hormones become less extreme as when they were younger birds (though they still get them). Kiwi is about 16, and I have noticed the past 2 breeding seasons have not been close to as bad as the first 4 we went through with him. They mellow out as they age, ESPECIALLY when you do not encourage hormonal behaviors.

RecoveryOne, I believe we are in about the same climate zone, and my YN hen (she's 15) has been "having IT" really bad for the past 2 weeks. :54: I can't even pick her up without her starting her clucking, crouching, and rubbing. :32:

Now my Hunter goes through this each and every year, and usually it will last for about 2 months or so.

I don't like being "rubbed on" so excessively, so I use this time to handle her a bit differently. Instead of letting her "cuddle" on me, I give her different things to "do". She has to do something to get that special cracker, and I encourage her to fly or be more active.

As long as your Specs is not getting downright mean, I wouldn't worry too much.

He's about three. Vet can't give me an exact age, but between 3 and 10 is what they say.

So far no rubbing, just tail thumping. He'll stand up as high as he can and then slam his rear end down so his tail smacks whatever. No excessive squatting. Lots of clucking. This past week I've been unable to pet his back/wings at all. Been working before trying to get him used to more touch for the sake of the wee lass.

Jersey, think so. Northern Indiana is a bit cooler this year due to all the ice on the great lakes. Had 4 days in 70's that I took him out for a walk, but lately been in 50's. Ugh, I want to get my garden planted!

Not getting mean, just really really wants to play ha!