This is the next in my world-famous " Worst-of" series. And this is the "Worst Garden Birdwatching Book" ever...... as far as I know. BUT ... what is so bad about it ? Let's have a look at his attempts to describe some of our dear garden birds .. ... here's the Starling .... ... so what's all that shite about " having few friends" .... anthropomorphism or what ? .. and all that screaming "going against it" ? What ? .. and those " darkening skies contributing to its unpopularity"... Oh, calamity !!! .. and preposterous claims that it is " greedy." No it is not. It's doing what it is designed to do. .. and what exactly, is " more than its share" .... please tell us Mr. Gender. It's a load of old drivel ... here's another one ......... Well, it does NOT resemble a House Sparrow. Not to anyone with › half a brain. And nobody .... nobody at all .. would refer to it as an Accentor. And I'm sure that loads of readers will be familiar with " oyster grey" as well. And apparently its best ID feature is that " jerky hop." And he trots out all that nest stuff .... leave the bloody nests out of it. Oh, and it is a " good friend" of the gardener. Because it catches much of its food on the wing. Tripe ! Crap !! There's worse to come ... Well, the song is nowt like a Nightingale. Sod all. And what exactly is a "countryman" ? Tweed jacket, pipe, gun over the shoulder, and a posse of gamekeepers to keep the Hen Harriers down. And in what way does "the jet-black head of the male and the blue shading of its throat" make it " a familiar garden bird ? How useful it is that we now know that its nest resembles that of the garden-warbler ... especially useful advice considering that in the garden-warbler section he doesn't tell us what its nest is like. Its about as useful as me telling you that I look just like Mr. P. Halfwhistle of 233 Admiralty Terrace. Moving on ... you can spot the glaring cock-up a mile off !! Enjoy !!!!! I trust that all my astute readers have spotted the Clanger of the Century !? .. and what's all this tosh about "his friend"? ... and as usual with our Mr. Gender, a third of that is about the nest. I might dig up more of that ..... who knows. But for now .... music ! Not only that .... its marginally relevant. Here's links to some of my other "Worst-of" choices ...
642-the-worst-bird-book-in-the-universe.html 644-the-worst-bird-book-in-the-universe-part-2.html 659-the-worst-foreign-bird-guide.html 665-the-worst-nature-newspaper-column.html 715-the-worst-world-tick-fest-book.html
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