A Dumb Birds Field Guide to the Worst Birds Ever

Professional birding amateur and national bestselling author Matt Kracht has had it with these goddamn birds. His new book is a warning,a field guide to help you identify and stay away from the absolute worst birds ever to plague planet Earth. Featuring an all-new scientific scale devised by the author that proves how awful birds really are. We can all agree–birds are terrible. They’re stupid and won’t shut up. Featuring fifty of the absolute worst birds to fly the earthKracht identifies each of their most terrible qualitiesdetails exactly why they suckand shows you why with furious (but actually quite lovely) full-color drawings. Including all-newall-worst fowlsuch as: The absolute waste of feathers Cruddy Turdstone (Ruddy Turnstone) The utter a-hole Blank Staring-Eyes Flycrapper (Black Paradise Flycatcher) The outright loser Dowdy Woodfucker (Downy Woodpecker) And many more Even the author’s previous bird takedown guides are no preparation for this hilariously harrowing collection of squawkingconceitedtrash-eatingand even murderous idiots. The horror. The horror . . . LOVE BIRDS? HATE BIRDS?: For those who hate birds and for bird lovers everywhere with a sense of humorthis illustrated handbook is equal parts profane and funnyand–let’s face it–true. BESTSELLING AUTHOR: Matt Kracht is the author of the bestselling Field Guide to Dumb Birds seriesincluding The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North AmericaThe Field Guide to Dumb Birds of the Whole Stupid Worldand The Big Dumb Bird Journaland (in a startling turn of enthusiasm) OMFGBEES! ENTERTAINING AND EDUCATIONAL: This uproarious guide to all things wings includes migratory mapstips for bird identificationmusings on the avian population and classificationand more. Pluseach entry is accompanied by facts about a bird’s (annoying) callits (dumb) migratory patternits (downright tacky) markingsand more. TRULY THE WORST BIRDS—A MUST-HAVE GUIDE: Even if you’re familiar with the winged disasters from Matt’s previous guidebook/warningsbuckle up. From the introduction: \