Parrots complicate plan for new cell phone tower

File under offbeat.

The City Council of Port Orchard, Washington, has ruled that Cingular Wireless can replace a cell phone tower in this Kitsap Peninsula city with one that's nearly twice as tall - but only if some lime-green Quaker parrots nesting on it are safely placed in captivity, reports the Associated Press.

"The parrots, which number 20 or more, are apparently the offspring of five Quakers that escaped on their way to a bird shop in the South Kitsap Mall.

A local trapper is working with Cingular to capture the birds".

emily | 9:33 PM | News, Buzz |
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