Phalarope breaks all conventions
Phalarope is not a name on the tip of everyone’s tongue, but this bird deserves to be better known. People who break the rules and flout social conventions are usually more interesting than their staid law-abiding equivalents and it’s the same with wild creatures.
The cuckoo is a case in point. So too is the phalarope, a small wader who pays little heed to the normal decencies of family life.
