Birdman of Berlin shared flat with 1,700 budgies

I can't imagine how he could take the smell of all the poop!!! Let alone the noise. Maybe he just turned his hearing aid off. I understand having pets and not wanting to be lonely, but this is taking it to another level. Go to the park and feed the ducks if you want to be surrounded by birds.

Berlin city officials, summoned by complaints over the noise, found a 60-year-old man sharing his two-room flat with 1,700 budgerigars.

The budgies were living on perches installed along the walls, while the floors were saturated with droppings, veterinary services said here Wednesday.

The pensioner told officials he had adopted two birds because he felt lonely and that nature had done the rest.

About 1,000 of the birds were evacuated on Tuesday, 300 on Wednesday, while the remainder were to be taken from the flat to a rescue shelter over the next few days, officials said.

The tenant was also having to move as the flat was deemed no longer fit for human habitation.