Stepnoi Nature Sanctuary eagle ("Aquila heliaca"), demoiselle crane ("Grus virgo"), black-winged pratincole ("Glareola nordmanni"), little bustard ("Tetrax tetrax"), etc Stepnoi Nature Sanctuary Stepnoi State Nature Sanctuary (Russian: государственный природный заказник "Степной") (also Stepnoy Nature Reserve) is a protected area located in Liman district of Astrakhan Oblast, Russia. The sanctuary was declared in 2000 to ensure maintenance of unique natural complex of Stipa steppe providing habitat for saiga antelope ("Saiga tatarica tatarica") and a number of other endangered species of animals and plants. The sanctuary covers an area of 109.4 thousands of hectares. The monitoring program started in 2004 showed that the sanctuary is
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