Jimmy the Budgie Attacks!
Postmen in a Nottinghamshire are being terrorised by a mail-hating budgie that circles the letterbox like ‘a bird of prey’.
Jimmy the budgerigar becomes so agitated when anyone comes to owner David Lockwood’s house that he swoops at deliveries and circles the door mat.
The hyperactive bird scratches and pecks the post when it comes through the letterbox and Mr Lockwood, 78, believes he is ‘trying to have a pop at the postman’.
Retired accountant David raised Jimmy from a chick with wife Jean at their house in Worksop, Nottinghamshire.
Jimmy the budgerigar scratches at letters as they come through letterbox and David believes he is trying to ‘have a pop at the postman’.
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As soon as the bird began to fly, David quickly realized that Jimmy hated being caged up. His feathered friend has been free to fly around the house ever since.
Mr Lockwood said: ‘We often wonder if we should have got a more passive budgie – he’s so full of interest.
Fortunately he’s never actually got to the postman because of course he can’t get through the door.
Mr Lockwood raised Jimmy from a chick with wife Jean at their house in Worksop.
‘Whoever comes to the front door, it doesn’t matter – as soon as the bell rings Jimmy’s off like greased lightning.
‘He’s a free spirit – right from day one he didn’t want to be caged up. He likes trying to have a pop at the postman.’
When he is not busy scaring away postmen, three-year-old Jimmy enjoys a good gossip – and has quite a way with words.
Mr Lockwood said: ‘He can say everything we say to him, he just rattles on, talking all the time.
‘He says all the usual stuff like “Jimmy’s a good boy” – he can’t say anything useful like his address or phone number.
‘His voice is so like mine, my wife can’t tell if it’s Jimmy speaking or me.’
It would be handy if Jimmy could learn his address however, as he has gone missing in the past.
Mr Lockwood said: ‘When I want to go out he can sense it so he gets on my shoulder and I have to make sure he’s not still there when I go through the door.
‘About a year ago he fooled me and hid himself on my back and as soon as I opened the door he was off.’
Mr Lockwood and Jean, 87, thought they had lost Jimmy for good, but nonetheless they registered him on Pets Relocated.
Some days later they got an email from a man who said he’d been in Worksop for business at the weekend and a little budgie had flown over, sat on his shoulder and refused to leave.
Mr Lockwood thinks Jimmy believes he is in charge of the house.
He said: ‘He’s definitely an alpha male, when we went to buy him we were shown about half a dozen birds and Jimmy was already directing operations at that age.
Now the pair are enjoying their retirement with Jimmy – even if he is quite a handful.
Mr Lockwood said: ‘It really does bring the place to life.
‘He really joins in – everybody round here knows Jimmy.’
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