Monk Parakeet

Currently many North American cities have local colonies of these Parakeets. Different legends claim that they came from a pet store fire in Florida, or a cargo ship container accident, or they escaped captivity as someone’s pet… there are so many of these different parakeets and parrots in North America now that I think that all of these legends probably happened as well as people just letting them go free! You can usually tell when they are flying overhead or nearby in the trees because they will let out loud screeching noises.