Great bustard Army training area. Here the lack of public access allows them the freedom needed as a large ground-nesting bird. It is classified by the IUCN as "vulnerable". The great bustard was classified with its scientific name in 1758 by Carl Linnaeus, though the species was referred to as "avis tarda" in the much older writings of Pliny the Elder, and hence its names in English (from Old French "bistarda") and some other languages: "abetarda" (pt), "avetarda" (gl), "avutarda" (es). "Otis" is an Old Greek name for "bustard". The specific name, "tarda", is Latin for "slow" and "deliberate", which is apt
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