Great bustard Bonn Convention, the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the Conservation and Management of Middle-European Populations of the Great Bustard was concluded and came into effect on June 1, 2001. The MoU provides a framework for governments, scientists, conservation bodies and others to monitor and coordinate conservation efforts in order to protect the middle-European populations of the great bustard. Great bustard The great bustard ("Otis tarda") is a bird in the bustard family, the only member of the genus "Otis". It breeds in open grassland and farmland in southern and central Europe, and across temperate Asia. European populations are mainly resident,
Little Birds (song) Little Birds (song) Little Birds is the fourth single by American psychedelic folk band Neutral Milk Hotel. It was written in 1998 but remained officially unreleased until 2011, when it was released as part of Neutral Milk Hotel's "Walking Wall of Words" compilation package. Both the studio version and the live version were performed solely by Jeff Mangum. The studio version of the song was recorded by friend and regular collaborator Robert Schneider and engineered by Craig Morris, while the live version of the song was recorded by filmmaker and cinematographer Lance Bangs. The album art was designed by Mangum