Anthus campestris
(L 6.6")
Often found on the ground...
in temperate Europe, Asia,
and northwest Africa.
John James Audubon (aka Jean Rabine)
was born in today‘s Haiti in 1785...the
illegitmate son of a French sea-captain
and a chambermaid.
(Scott Weidensaul)
Rila Mountains
Near Elishnitsa
13May2015
Anthus is Greek for flower;
campestris is Latin for of
the plains.
© Serguei A.
Bukreev
Macaulay
Library