Welcome and be welcomed. Yellow Collared Macaws are the cutest of the mini-macs.Get ye hence toour Macaw sub-forum and read all the stickies atthe top of the page, and any posts by birdman666, our resident Macaw expert. Also,goto the Amazon sub-forum and read the :I love Amazons" stickie, there is in valuable info on 30 different tolics, applicable to all parrot species. A lot of reading, and do it while sitting next to your YCM , aloud, in a soft pleasing voice. Congrats onyour new addition.