一名士兵向鄭成功稟報：「又有士兵不見了，該怎麼辦呢？」鄭成功生氣地說：「這兩、三天連續有人失蹤，趕快徹查出原因。」兩天後有士兵回報說：「有人看到，士兵們是被一隻大鳥帶走的。」另一名士兵說：「聽說那隻大鳥為附近的凱達格蘭族長老所養，長老的兒子每天深夜都會騎著大鳥來監視我們，並且把士兵帶走關進地牢。」
鄭成功聽完後非常生氣地說：「快派人將這隻大鳥抓回來，不管用什麼方法都行。」但是，派去的士兵，又全都被大鳥抓走。鄭成功忍無可忍說：「我要親自收服這隻大鳥，並且歸順部落裡所有的原住民。」深夜裡，鄭成功看見大鳥在空中飛翔，就拿出弓箭射向大鳥說：「我今天一定要親手把你射下來。」箭迅速飛出，刺穿大鳥的喉嚨，大鳥發出痛苦的叫聲掉落到地面，凱達格蘭族人知道鄭成功的軍隊即將來到，便連夜逃跑。
第二天，士兵們到處尋找大鳥都找不到，只找到一塊外型像鸚鵡的大石塊，鄭成功心想：「這石塊的喉嚨部位有一個小洞，難不成這就是被我射下的那隻鳥，竟然已經變成石頭。」從此，大家就稱這個大石塊為「鶯歌石」，也成為鶯歌鎮著名的觀光景點。
One day, a soldier came running to General Koxinga and said, ”Another soldier has disappeared! What do we do?” Koxinga replied angrily, “There have been people missing for three days continuously! Go and find out what's happening.” Two days later, a soldier reported, “Someone saw a huge bird taking our men away.” Another soldier said, “I heard that the huge bird belongs to an elder of the Ketagalan tribe. The elder's son rides the bird to spy on us in the middle of the night. He abducts our soldiers and keeps them locked up in an underground dungeon.”
Koxinga was very angry to hear this and said, ”Send someone to bring me the bird. I don't care how you do it!” However, none of the soldiers returned. Finally, Koxinga lost his patience and said, “I am going to catch this bird myself, and make the tribe pledge allegiance to the Ming dynasty.” In the middle of the night, Koxinga saw the huge bird flying in the sky. He took out his bow and arrow and told the bird, “I am going to shoot you down today.” Koxinga released his arrow, which pierced the neck of the great bird. It screeched in pain and fell from the sky. When the Ketagalan tribe knew that Koxinga's army was coming, they fled in the middle of the night.
The next day, the soldiers looked everywhere for the great bird, but all they could find was a huge rock that was shaped like a parrot. Koxinga saw the rock and thought to himself, “There is a tiny hole in the parrot's neck. Could it be the huge bird that I shot down? The great bird has turned into stone.” From then on, everyone called the stone “Yingge Rock (Parrot Rock),” and the rock became an important tourist attraction in Yingge Town.
