Hormone levels do not come on the same every year, and there will be worse ones and milder ones. And the fact is ours are real bona fide roosters now, not just adolescent teenagers. Combined with the erratic mating season inputs we have no control over, seasonal behavior can seem erratic. Is erratic. Really try to observe all the steps to minimize (but never eliminate) mating season. Its hard, but its not forever.
As far as biting, yes, your Amazon can read you like a book. They are very smart when it comes to learning their environment and flock members (you), coupled with their ability to see outside our range of vision - seeing in ultra violet and infra red lets them read minor flushes and cooler temperament, making your true feelings pretty apparent to them.
Honestly, I would have him lightly trimmed so he can glide to the floor but not get altitude, because your fear of him could be starting to poison your relationship. Feathers grow back. Hurt feelings and bad memories stay a lot longer. Just watch them cats!!
We are only human, while they are uber ancient species, successors of 100's of millions of years of evolution.
