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04 AUG

Swallow Bird Cleanup


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Abolish will professionally and humanely cleanup any Swallow mess. Whether it is an old nest, feces problem, or preventing the swallows from coming back! All products and services are environmentally safe, harmless to birds and blend in with structures. Discreet installations can be designed to be virtually undetectable from ground level and difficult access structures are one of our specialities. Our Swallow bird Control and cleanup methods are proven to work and many times replace other pest control companys’ mistakes
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03 AUG

Identification of a serine protease inhibitor homologue in Bird's Nest by an integrated proteomics approach.


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Keli Ou 1 *, Teck K. Seow 1, Rosa C. M. Y. Liang 1, Bee W. Lee 2, Denise L. M. Goh 2, Kaw Y. Chua 2, Maxey C. M. Chung 1 3
1Bioprocessing Technology Center,
2Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine,
3Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Singapore National University of Singapore, Singapore
email: Keli Ou (btcoukl@nus.edu.sg)
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03 AUG

BIRDING: Purple martins less common in Maine


MaineToday.com, ME – Jul 2, 2014

By Herb Wilson,
Maine provides breeding ground for six species of swallows. Tree swallows, the first to arrive in the spring, are the most abundant. Barn swallows are nearly as common. As colonial nesters, cliff swallows and bank swallows may be locally abundant. Rough-winged swallows are even less common in the state. But the least abundant is the purple martin.
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02 AUG

INSECT-EATING, MUD-NESTING SWALLOWS VALUED IN COLORADO

wildlife.state.co.us Colorado welcomes returning swallows, known for two things: eating millions of insects each summer and building mud nests on the sides of buildings, bridges and man-made overhangs. Coloradans worried about mosquitoes carrying the West Nile Virus may be looking for new ways to make their communities bird-friendly, including educating residents about the benefits of […]

01 AUG

Protected birds nest in Biltmore's break room

Nevada Appeal, NV – Jul 23, 2014 Tom Meyer Bonanza staff writer For the staff at the Biltmore Tahoe Lodge and Casino, the outdoor break area is a place to take a deep breath, enjoy a smoke, make a phone call, or grab a quick meal before heading back to the floor. For a pair of barn […]

01 AUG

David Horst column: Swallows enjoy living on the ledge

Appleton Post Crescent,  USA – Jul 26, 2014 In our barn, 10 feet up a main post, right where the roof joist meets the post, a short piece of two-by-four is nailed on diagonally for support. The exposed end of that brace — actually measuring 1½ inches wide, despite the name — is the spot phoebes […]

31 JUL

NESTING OF THE MANGROVE SWALLOW (TACHYCINETA ALBILINEA) IN NESTS OF THE RUSTY-MARGINED (MYOZETETES CAYANENSIS) AND SOCIAL (M. SIMILIS) FLYCATCHERS

shaffer.biz/ Andrzej Dyrcz Department of Avian Ecology, Wroclaw University, Sienkiewicza 21, 50-335 Wroclaw, Poland. E-mail: dyrcz@biol.uni.wroc.pl Key words: Tachycineta albilinea, Myozetetes cayanensis, Myozetetes similis, Mangrove Swallow, nesting. In March–May 1999, I conducted observations on breeding ecology of Rusty-margined (Myozetetes cayanensis) and Social (M. similis) flycatchers along the coast of the Barro Colorado Island located on […]