Austin Energy, Travis Audubon meet half-way on how to manage Monk Parakeets

AUSTIN (KXAN) — After getting flack from the Travis Audubon Society on how parakeet nests are being removed from utility poles, Austin Energy says it is working with the organization to identify best practices on how to handle the nests.
Last week, Travis Audubon questioned why the utility company was using poles to knock down the Monk Parakeet nests and leaving the baby birds to die. Austin Energy explained that the parakeets build large nests, sometimes as large as a car, which can