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.americanartifacts.com Richard & Diane Van Vleck – Personal Pages Barn swallow colony sites are frequently destroyed when old buildings are demolished or sold to new owners, who wish to close them up. Attracting swallows to buildings where they will be allowed to nest has been simply a matter of opening a door or window, perhaps, […]

.americanartifacts.com Richard & Diane Van Vleck – Personal Pages Barn swallow colony sites are frequently destroyed when old buildings are demolished or sold to new owners, who wish to close them up. Attracting swallows to buildings where they will be allowed to nest has been simply a matter of opening a door or window, perhaps, […]

hkfsta.com.hk/articles Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Shun Wan CHAN Abstract: Edible bird’s nest is one of the widely used health foods in Chinese communities. The market generated by it is increasing because it exhibits a lot of beneficial effects to human beings. For its high market value, fake […]

wildasia.net contributed by Reza Azmi Gomantong Hill is the largest limestone outcrop in the Lower Kinabatangan area, and contains at least nine caves. For centuries, the Gomantong Caves have been renowned for the valuable edible birds’ nests made by two of the four species of swiftlets that roost in the caves. During the harvesting months, […]

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This month’s fungus is another common inhabitant of bark or wood mulch. Although less than a centimeter in diameter, Cyathus striatus often grows in huge clusters, thus making them easily visible, even from some distance. They’re cute little fungi, almost always found wherever there is wood, as long as you look hard enough. The common name “bird’s nest fungus” should be obvious to anyone looking at the small mass of “eggs” within the small “nests” or cups of the fruiting bodies. The “eggs” in the nest contain the basidiospores within them. These eggs (technically called peridioles) are actually analogous to tiny puffballs (like Lycoperdon or Calvatia gigantea) in that they contain the basidiospores inside of them. The basidiospores are borne on small basidia that line the small chambers inside of the eggs. However, the spores are not forcibly ejected from the basidia as they are in Agaricus, Amanita, Boletus, and almost all of the mushroom formers.
Read more about Cyathus striatus, one of the bird's nest fungi …

Driving along, I glanced over and saw a bird’s nest. Woven into the tangle of a dense roadside shrub, it stood out because nature had placed a large snow blob upon it. The nest appeared baseball-sized, maybe a cardinal or catbird’s in light of its shrubby location. Seeing it inspired me to contemplate nests. Every […]

Friday March 24, 2014 Peace Country Sun, Canada – Mar 24, 2014 Peace Country Sun — While waiting for the spring yard work to start, I try to get out and clean my old bird boxes and even put up a few new ones. Boxes attract birds that normally nest in tree holes, often those left behind by woodpeckers. […]

The Jersey Journal Friday, March 24, 2014 BY JENNIFER MOSSCROP JOURNAL STAFF WRITER Spring is in the air – well, almost – and for its 10th year, the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission will install 500 tree swallow nest boxes in the Meadowlands in an attempt to keep the little metallic blue and white birds in […]

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Introduction: The Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum) population is thought to be declining in most of its breeding range, including Colorado. As for most grassland birds, the primary threats are habitat loss and degradation. The preferred nesting habitat of the sparrow is mixed-grass habitats including prairie, hayfields, pastures, and grassy fallow fields. The species nests on or near the ground in open-cup nests, and its nest is usually associated with some plant cover. The sparrow nests from mid-April to late-July in north-central Colorado, and the Environmental Learning Center (ELC) has had what is considered healthy nesting populations. The golf mushroom is an important food resource for Grasshopper Sparrows during the spring nesting season.
Read more about Lab 3A – Estimating the Density of Edible Golf Mushrooms for Grasshopper Sparrow Mitigation …

home.intekom.com/ecotravel/EZine/Blue_Swallow 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 […]