[@Loony] It sounds like you missed a great business opportunity, you could have moved to some tourist-heavy area and told them they could have a picture with your super rare tropical bird!  Hmm, I was only like 9 at the time so I only vaguely remember what this bird looked like and can't really say if it was healthy.  I at least don't remember it being restrained or anything so I'm assuming it was sticking around because it knew better than to leave its owner.  You do bring up a good point about the bird being outside though.  I don't remember what it looked like that well but I'm pretty positive if was some sort of parrot, it was definitely a larger bird and colorful, although I can't remember exactly what colors.  So, at least an island in Florida probably wasn't too different from the climate it was used to?  I'm pretty sure this was in Key West, so a pretty small town but relatively big considering how much nothing there is surrounding it.  The large crowds and traffic may have bothered the bird, but the only other animals nearby were smaller birds and tiny lizards.