Breeding Pets South America United States 
10,000 Birds
APRIL 18, 2017
Though they weight less than two ounces, Least Terns migrate from South America to the West, East, and Gulf Coast to breed on dunes or flat gravel roofs (there are also populations in the middle of the United States). If they are on a leash our pets are less likely to damage a nest.
10,000 Birds
JULY 21, 2014
But it is most probable that the birds are released or escaped pets. One article states that by the end of the 1960′s, over 16,000 Monk Parakeets a year were being imported into the U.S.**. There are a lot of pet psittacines out there that escape or are released. Not many survive, and very few flourish.
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