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Florida Today BY MARIA SONNENBERG Nature volunteer makes homes for purple martins Human parents can learn a tip or two from purple martins. The little insect eaters are good providers, zealously guarding their brood on nests high above the ground. When the fledglings reach maturity, however, the martins enforce a tough-love approach, relentlessly pushing their […]

Malay Mail  The main ingredient in bird’s nest of the popular Chinese dish is the saliva of the male sea swiftlet. It is widely believed that the bird’s nest helps in beauty care and improve skin complexion. The delicacy is said to enhance the body’s immune system through cell division caused by the water-soluble glyco-protein […]

sabah.gov.my Laurentius N. Ambu Deputy Director Sabah Wildlife Department Kota Kinabalu ABSTRACT The two most economically-important swiflets are the so-called edible nest swiflets: the white-nest swiflets (Aerodramus fuciphagus) and the Black-nest swiflet (Aerodramus maximus). Both species occur in Sabah. With the dwindling edible-nest swiflets population due to effects of increased harvesting pressure and effects of […]

wildlifemanagement.info/publications Six species of swallows occur in Alberta. Most have similar life histories and requirements for food and water. Only cliff and barn swallows regularly build mud nests on buildings and other structures. This habit occasionally causes problems. Cliff swallows can be a nuisance because they nest in large colonies of up to several hundred […]

extension.osu.edu Writer: Kurt Knebusch knebusch.1@osu.edu 330-263-3776 Dear Twig: Why do they call it birds’ nest soup? Is it really made out of birds’ nests? In short: Yes. Birds’ nest soup is a Chinese dish that is made from the nest of a bird called the swiftlet. Swiftlets are small, fast birds of southeast Asia. They […]

Swallows of the family Hirundinidae are small, adept aerialists with long, pointed wings and deeply forked tails. Although their bills are short, their mouths are wide for capturing flying insects. Overall, swallows resemble swifts but have stronger, more fluid flight. Highly gregarious, they form large flocks and may be seen perched in long rows along […]

bioone.org Han van Dijk, Neree Awana Onguene, Thomas W. Kuyper Indigenous knowledge of edible fungi and their utilization by local populations were investigated in southern Cameroon from 1996 to 1999. Some 100 participants from the major ethnic groups, comprising Bantu farmers and Bagyeli (Pygmy) hunter-gatherers, were interviewed. Mushroom usage by 30 families, (319 persons), was […]

An updated version of these notes can be accessed from a new “Avian Biology’ page (http://people.eku.edu/ritchisong/avian_biology.html).   Birds use nests to protect eggs and nestlings from predators and adverse weather. To minimize predation, birds may use or build nests that are inaccessible, hidden, or camouflaged. Nests may also help keep eggs and nestlings warm. Orientation […]

sas.org/tcs/weeklyIssues To birders, the variety of sizes, shapes, colors, songs, habitats and behaviors of our feathered friends are fascinating and account for much pleasure. However, if you go a little farther and search carefully, you will find another much-varied dimension of the bird world – their nests. Birds’ nests are constructed from a variety of […]

TSHA Online tsha.utexas.edu Swallows, of the family Hirundinidae, are among the most conspicuous, well known, and beneficial of birds; they feed in flight on numerous insects detrimental to man. Seven of the eight species occurring in Texas are colonial to some extent, and all are migratory. Most have developed close associations with man and his […]