Yesterday, Ingrid and I toured the Miami, Florida area looking for Exotic Birds.  Generally speaking, exotics are species brought to the United States from South America or Asia as pets.  They escaped (or were released) . . . met up with a similar exotic of the opposite sex . . . and had babies. Many of these are parakeets and macaws – brightly colored, striking birds.

These birds eventually established a breeding community and became “countable.”

These exotic populations can be hard to find . . . especially if you’re visiting Miami from Maine.