Parrots get new roost
Sunday, January 13, 2008
By Howard Buck, Columbian Staff Writer

YACOLT — Several Quaker Parrots who have made an unlikely home in this rural burg were a cheerful bunch on Saturday.

Joy Tindall could tell so from the birds’ familiar chirps, a far cry from angry shrieks after their most recent eviction from a utility pole transformer platform they covet.

"They’ve been really happy … watching us all day," Tindall said, pointing to the spindly tree next to her back yard.

The green parrots couldn’t have yet known, but Tindall and a dozen neighbors and other fans had hatched a plausible solution to their quandary.

The group worked hours to install the base of a 30-foot-high nesting platform — the first of several planned to lure the 20 or so birds away from their current perches, where Clark Public Utilities fears a fire might result. [Read On...]

Good, I hope they like the new home, hope they warm enough without the heater of the power pole.