Alfred Newton partridge. Birds became an abiding interest. Those included the great bustard ("Otis tarda"), Montagu's harrier ("Circus pygargus"), ravens, buzzards ("Buteo" sp.), redpolls, wrynecks ("Jynx"), which are small woodpeckers that specialise in feeding on ants. "The vast warrens of the 'Breck', the woods and water-meadows of the valley of the Little Ouse, and the neighbouring Fenland made an ideal training-ground for a naturalist". This enthusiasm Newton shared with his younger brother Edward: the two carried out bird observation when they were together and corresponded when they were apart. In 1846 Newton went to a tutor in Biggleswade for a few months,
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