Tagus Estuary Natural Reserve breed on adjacent farmland. Little bustard ("Tetrax tetrax") occurs all year but is more numerous in winter. Raptors which may be seen over the fields include black-winged kite ("Elanus caeruleus"), short-toed eagle ("Circaetus gallicus") and booted eagle ("Aquila pennatus") Nearby patches of woodland hold short-toed treecreeper ("Certhia brachydactyla"), European nightjar ("Caprimulgus europaeus"), red-necked nightjar ("Caprimulgus ruficollis"), Iberian magpie ("Cyanopica cooki") and many passerines. During the Spring and Autumn many species stopover on the Tagus during their migration these include curlew sandpiper ("Calidris ferruginea") in large numbers with many other shorebirds in smaller numbers, Common redshank and Balck-tailed Godwits reach their
Little Birds (film) won a National Board Of Review award for Ten Best Independent Films of 2012. Elgin James won an award from "Variety" and was named "Ten Directors to watch." "Little Birds" was named one of the 25 Best Summer Movies by "Complex (magazine)" "Paste Magazine" named it one of the Fifty Best Films of 2012. It was released in theaters on August 31, 2012, and on home video/DVD on January 1, 2013. Little Birds (film) Little Birds is a 2011 American film written and directed by Elgin James, and starring Juno Temple and Kay Panabaker. The film follows two girls that