THE MONK PARAKEET

"Natives of Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, and central Bolivia, they have been imported into the United States as pets. It is generally believed that in the late 1960's, a container of parakeets was dropped and broke open at Kennedy Airport in New York. Several birds escaped and established wild populations in Long Island. Since then the birds have spread into Connecticut with populations reported from Branford to Norwalk. The original birds have probably been joined by escaped pets."