Articles From: Clark County

2007 December 10th Birdchannel.com Interviews Northwest Bird Rescue

Volunteers Work To Save Yacolt Quaker Parrots Bird rescue groups take action to help find a solution for birds By Crystal Apilado The N.W. Bird Rescue and their volunteers worked together to put finishing touches on 24 nest boxes set up on private residential areas to provide immediate shelter for the feral quakers of Yacolt, Wash., while the community debates over different solutions for dealing with their large nests over... read more...

Birders to find wild parrots a new roost

Sunday, December 09, 2007 - The Oregonian 'Locals want to give the feral parakeets a place to build nests, but Audubon objects ' HOLLEY GILBERT The Oregonian Staff VANCOUVER -- The wild Quaker parrots of Yacolt got a reprieve this week when the town council gave bird enthusiasts four months to develop a plan for their feathered friends' future. The feral green-and-gray parrots, also called monk parakeets, fled to the trees in late November when crews hired by Clark Public... read more...

2007 December 07th The Oregonian Wild parrots in Yacolt get more time as solution sought

Posted by The Oregonian December 07, 2007 15:55PM Categories: Breaking News, Clark County VANCOUVER -- The wild Quaker parrots of Yacolt got a reprieve this week when the town council gave bird enthusiasts four months to develop a plan for their feathered friends' future. The feral green and gray parrots, also called Monk parakeets, fled to the trees in late November when crews hired by Clark Public Utilities removed the five nests they had built atop transformers high on utility poles. The... read more...

2007 December 3rd Update on Endangered Wild Quaker Parrots of Yacolt, Washington

By Steven Carl Baldwin Brooklyn Parrots - http://www.brooklynparrots.com Update on Endangered Wild Quaker Parrots of Yacolt, Washington A quick update from Yacolt, Washington. My correspondent tells me that the situation there remains tense. Yacolt City officials refuse to allow artificial nest platforms for the homeless parrots to be constructed: they want the parrots removed, and will kill any remaining there past a date certain. Neither the power company... read more...

2007 The Oregonian November 30th

Yacolt ponders the fate of 16 feral Quaker parrots Posted by The Oregonian November 30, 2007 18:43PM Categories: Breaking News, Clark County Exotic bird lovers are aflutter -- and undecided -- about how to care for 16 feral Quaker parrots after Clark County's electric utility this week removed their large nests from five power transformers in the small town of Yacolt, Wash. Two residents are organizing a town meeting for 7:30 p.m. Saturday to try to come up with... read more...