The blog is called the Bustard after the majestic Great Bustard found, increasingly rarely, on the great plains of Hungary. A victim of intensive farming and development, the Bustard is as good a symbol as any of nature's struggle against man's relentless expansion. |
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The word "bustard" is derived from latin "avis tarda", meaning a "slow bird." "Avis tarda" became "avutarda" in Spanish, "ottarda" in Italian, and "bistarde" in Old French. This was the basis of the English version, "bustard". (http://www.worldwidewords.org/
topicalwords/tw-bus1.htm)
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You can read more about the bird, the Bustard, here. And here are some pictures. |
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