Description Share Post Everything You Know About Birds is Wrong Written by Nick Crumpton, illustrated by Gavin Scott (Nosy Crow) Everything You Know About Birds is Wrong is the book you thought you didn’t need. That’s if you thought you knew everything about birds! This gloriously illustrated and written guide to bird life around the world tells you so much you didn’t know. It also debunks many common misconceptions about birds. Everybody knows that owls only come out a night? That seagulls are a mean menace? Penguins only live at the South Pole? Birds’ nests are round and neatly constructed? All of these assertions have some truth about them, but the amazing diversity of bird life means that they are too simple, inaccurate and can never be exclusively true. Many species of owl hunt during the day and are diurnal. Seagull behaviour is motivated by the need to feed and their boldness is a sign of intelligence. Penguin species live in places like the Galápagos Islands on the Equator for example, in New Zealand and many other locations in the southern hemisphere. While many birds’ nests do indeed confirm to the ‘round and neat’ shape, many more are not constructed of anything at all. Some are burrows, such as those dug out by Puffins – some are a complete mess. Many wading birds just drop their eggs on pebble or sandy beaches. These, and many more questions are answered in this brilliant book. It continues the ‘Everything You Know About….’ series and is another fact-filled triumph.
