Thermal environment of the nest during development of tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) chicks

.findarticles.com Auk, The,  Jul 2002  by Chaplin, Susan B,  Cervenka, Mora L,  Mickelson, Alison C ABSTRACT.-We continuously recorded temperatures of the nest cup (T^sub n^) and air (T^sub a^) just outside the nest box throughout development of Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) chicks in east-central Minnesota. Brood size was manipulated (three or six chicks per nest) […]

Terminator' destroys Swallows

Sunday Times – Oct 15 10:14 PM By Sy Lerman All that was in tune for Moroka Swallows during their late 2-1 Premier League defeat against a lively Jomo Cosmos at Germiston Stadium on Sunday afternoon was the club’s entertaining brass band. While the Birds only seemed to play with urgency and purpose while trailing, the young […]

How we benefit by conserving the Blue Swallow e-zine:

ecotravel.co.za The Blue Swallow is an ambassador for a vital South African ecosystem namely grasslands. The South African grasslands form the major portion of our water catchment areas. More than 60% of the Grassland Biome has already been modified – forestry and agriculture playing largest roles. In South Africa only 2,23% of the Grassland Biome […]

Bird of summer: long-winged and fork-tailed, the Barn Swallow is a graceful master of summer's aerial ballet.(Up Close and Personal)

accessmylibrary.com Author: Harrison, George H. Source: Birder’s World COPYRIGHT 2004 Kalmbach Publishing Company One swallow maketh not summer,” wrote the English playwright John Heywood in 1546, but for me, one swallow, the first Barn Swallow of the season, made it summer at my Grandfather Hill’s farm near Leisureville, Pennsylvania. I spent many of my boyhood summers […]

The Barn Swallow Habits

.wild-bird-watching.com/ The Barn Swallow, with its distinctive long forked tail, makes it the easiest of North American swallows for bird watchers to identify. Although in flight the feathers are swept back and form a single long point behind the bird. One sure sign of summer for anyone who enjoys bird watching, is this bird flying […]

Our Priceless Swallows And Swifts

oldandsold.com fly-killing. But how did so many flies get in here?” “Oh, someone left the screen door open,” I replied; “that is one reason, and, since you have mentioned swallows, you remind me of another, and that is that we haven’t swallows enough to catch all these flies. If they were as common as they […]

Using barn swallows to explore Chernobyl

The Daily Gamecock – Oct 05 9:17 PM Professor tells students about studying radiation at site of nuclear disaster By: Gina Vasselli A professor shared his experience studying the effects of nuclear radiation on ecology with students Thursday. Tim Mousseau, a biology professor and the associate dean for research and undergraduate education at USC, shared the results […]

Flight kinematics of the barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) over a wide range of speeds in a wind tunnel

biologists.org Kirsty J. Park1,*, Mikael Rosén2 and Anders Hedenström2 1 Department of Biological Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA, UK and 2 Department of Animal Ecology, Lund University, SE-223 62 Lund, Sweden *Author for correspondence (e-mail: k.j.park@stir.ac.uk) Accepted May 14, 2001 Two barn swallows (Hirundo rustica) flying in the Lund wind tunnel were filmed […]