Cape Codder · 10/6/2014 Friday, October 6, 2014 Ask the Bird Folks Dear Bird Folks, So, we know that summer is officially over. What group of birds is the last to migrate south? -Donna, Marshfield Good idea Donna, I like that you want to base the seasonal changes on which birds are leaving. Most […]
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The Emperor and the Cook:The Story of Bird's Nest Soup
soupsong.com (by A. M. Zukarnaen) Long ago in China, there was an Emperor who loved to taste different gourmet dishes made by the Royal Cook. Each dish was exotic and different every day. One day the cook ran out of ideas and desperately needed to find a new dish to prepare for the Emperor. The […]
Behind the garden gate
Athlone Advertiser, Ireland – Oct 4, 2014
While discussing her garden with a client lately I got distracted when I spotted a swallows nest immediately outside her patio doors, resting between the house and the down pipe. This nest was the hive of activity with mammy swallow feeding her young and directing traffic as the young birds flew in and out of their house. It looked like any home full of active teenagers.
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Parasitic Swallows
stanford.edu Cowbirds laying eggs in the nests of other species exemplify avian brood parasitism. Some solitary breeding birds (especially waterfowl) occasionally parasitize their own species, producing abnormally large clutches, and cooperative breeders often have strategies for getting other members of the group to incubate their eggs. Such parasitization of conspecifics had been thought to occur […]
With a Grain of Salt: One Swallow Does Not a Summer Make; Ten Million Make a Swarm!
Desicritics.org, India – 2 hours ago October 02, 2014 Dr Bhaskar Dasgupta Migrations have been a problem since the year dot. Whether we are talking about animals, birds, or people, we always have issues in some shape or form. In particular, when talking about human migrations, we have this to thank for the current debate about who […]
Studying the mystery of migration
Cyprus Mail, Cyprus – Sep 30, 2014
By Jane Stylianou
The amazing movement of birds around the globe has fascinated people for centuries
BIRD MIGRATION has fascinated people for centuries. No humans can equal the movements of some birds on migration. For example, no human population moves each year as far as the Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) which breeds in the Arctic and winters in the Antarctic, travelling between the poles twice a year.
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Nest delicacy birds successfully incubated
www.thanhniennews.com An indoor Salangane or edible-nest swiftlet raising pilot has shown promise recently in south-central Vietnam where local residents earned their living from selling the lucrative nests as an edible delicacy. Young edible-nest swiftlets The Khanh Hoa Salagane Nest Company has successfully incubated and raised indoor Salangane whose nests serve as a valuable dish in […]
Tasting a has-been delicacy for kings and queens
Saigon Times Daily, Vietnam – 23 hours ago
In olden times, Yen sao also known as Bird’s Nest and Swallow’s Nest, was a rare delicacy only prepared for kings and queens. Today, the dish can be enjoyed by everyone in a number of restaurants around town.
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With a Grain of Salt: One Swallow Does Not a Summer Make; Ten Million Make a Swarm!
Desicritics.org, India – 2 hours ago October 02, 2014 Dr Bhaskar Dasgupta Migrations have been a problem since the year dot. Whether we are talking about animals, birds, or people, we always have issues in some shape or form. In particular, when talking about human migrations, we have this to thank for the current debate about who […]
Guam Swiftlet – BirdLife Species Factsheet
birdlife.org (as evaluated by BirdLife International – the official Red List Authority for birds for IUCN): Endangered Justification This species qualifies as Endangered because it has apparently undergone a rapid decline owing to pesticide-use and predation by the introduced brown tree snake on one island, although the reasons on other islands are unclear. However, earlier […]
