A man accused of making harassing calls to 911 to complain about his neighbor's birds attempted to plead "stupid" to a harassment charge.

Grant Scheveck, 50, was charged with the Class Amisdemeanor Tuesday.

South Central District Judge Sonna Anderson asked Scheveck to enter a plea to the charge, to which he tearfully responded, "Stupid."

Anderson advised Scheveck to enter a not guilty plea and to apply for a court-appointed attorney, both of which he did.

Bismarck police said Scheveck called 911 at 3:06 p.m. Sunday to complain about the chirping of his neighbor's birds. An officer who responded to 215 N. Third St. said Scheveck appeared to be intoxicated, and Scheveck was advised not to call 911 again for such a trivial matter.

Scheveck called 911 again at 5:43 p.m. with the same complaint. Adispatcher told him such calls were an inappropriate use of the 911 system and told him not to do it again. He responded that he would continue calling until the issue was resolved.

Anderson set a $500 unsecured bond for Scheveck, which means he will only have to post the amount if he fails to comply with bond conditions.

Scheveck told Anderson his mother controls his money, and she is out of town for a month.

Anderson also prohibited Scheveck from using or consuming alcohol while out on bond, at the request of Burleigh County Assistant State's Attorney Brandi Sasse Russell.

"Alcohol seems to be a large factor," Russell said.

Scheveck attempted to apologize for the situation but was cut off by Anderson, who warned him not to say anything that self-incriminating.

"I'd like to state now that I apologize," Scheveck said. "I have no malicious bones in my body, and I didn't mean to cause a stink."

(Reach reporter Jenny Michael at 250-8225 or jenny.michael@;bismarcktribune.com.)