Bulgaria
Greece
Tawny Pipit*
Anthus campestris
(L 6.6")
Often found on the ground...
in temperate Europe, Asia,
and northwest Africa.
*pipit meaning to chirp.
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.
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