Author: Swallow Bird Nest

TheHorse.com, KY – Jun 13, 2007
by: Multiple Authors
June 13 2007 Article # 9786

With a resident entomologist as its owner, Windrose Stables, a boarding facility in central California, was armed against insects, but biting stable, horse, and deerflies continued to be a serious problem.
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52 The Wilson Bulletin-March, 1928 13. November 14, 1927. A flock of eight or ten Starlings flew south, flying low over the fields west of Bondville, Champaign County. Record by A. S. Hyde. 14. November 16, 1927. Two Starlings in with a flock of about twenty Bronzed Grackles were seen in the residence district of Urbana. Record by A. R. Cahn. 15. November 19, 1927.
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CBC New Brunswick, Canada – Jun 5, 2007
The Canadian Wildlife Service is investigating the possible destruction of a woodpecker nest in Lorneville by a utility crew last week. 

Destroying an inhabited nest is a violation of the federal Migratory Birds Convention Act, and Craig Smith, head of maritime wildlife enforcement, said it can carry a stiff penalty.
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Neil M. Burgess1, Katherine A. Hunt2, Christine Bishop3, and D.V. (Chip) Weseloh3

1. Canadian Wildlife Service–Environmental Conservation Branch, Environment Canada, Box 1590, Sackville, New Brunswick E0A 3C0, Canada, 2. Department of Environmental Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA, 3. Canadian Wildlife Service–Environmental Conservation Branch Environment Canada, Canadian Centre for Inland Waters, 867 Lakeshore Road, Box 5050, Burlington, Ontario L7R 4A6, Canada
Read more about CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITION IN TREE SWALLOWS (TACHYCINETA BICOLOR) AND EASTERN BLUEBIRDS (SIALIA SIALIS) EXPOSED TO ORGANOPHOSPHORUS INSECTICIDES IN APPLE ORCHARDS IN ONTARIO, CANADA …

San Francisco Chronicle,  USA – Jun 9, 2007
Lynette Evans
Saturday, June 9, 2007

The juvenile barn owls are coming out of their house in the late dusk. Not yet ready to fly, they thrust their flat cat-faces out of the round entrance hole before emerging to strut up and down the perch, flapping their wings as their parents swoop overhead or perch atop the pole and on an adjacent wire, watching their almost fledging offspring.

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Authors: Nakagawa, Hiroki; Hama, Yoichiro; Sumi, Toshihisa; Li, Su-Chen; Maskos, Karol; Kalayanamitra, Kittiwan; Mizumoto, Shuji; Sugahara, Kazuyuki; Li, Yu-Teh

Source: Glycobiology, Volume 17, Number 2, 1 February 2007 , pp. 157-164(8)

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Abstract:

Despite their wide occurrence, proteoglycans (PGs) have never been isolated from the saliva of higher animals. We found that the Collocalia glycoproteins isolated from edible birds’-nests (the dried forms of regurgitated saliva of male Collocalia swiftlets) were rich in a PG containing nonsulfated chondroitin glycosaminoglycans (GAGs).
Read more about Occurrence of a nonsulfated chondroitin proteoglycan in the dried saliva of Collocalia swiftlets (edible bird's-nest) …

By Lerrina Collins
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By the time the snow has receded, and the grass is beginning to color under the sun’s gentle caress, the birds which herald the new season have arrived at our Western Montana Lodge. Like leaves caught in a whirlwind, they twirl toward the sky flashing light and dark, then swoop toward the ground, aerial daredevils again. The white-bellied swallows, commonly called Tree Swallows, often arrive as early as late March. While the ground is still cold and snow-covered, they begin their search for perfect nesting sites. In fact, so reliable is their return, April 15 is traditionally considered “Swallow Day” in England.
Read more about Centennial Valley Tree Swallows Return …

By Ann Mitchell (Contact)
Sunday, June 3, 2007
Charleston Post Courier (subscription), SC – Jun 3, 2007

Mockingbirds seem to be about as welcome around here as a cup of hot cocoa in August. Harold Perry of Walterboro recently asked for ideas on how to deter mockingbirds, which have been pestering the bluebirds trying to set up housekeeping in his yard.
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MK Tarburton
Abstract

The White-rumped Swiftlet Aerodramus spodiopygius chillagoensis was studied during a good and a poor season at Chillagoe, Queensland. Most of the nests were in totally dark sections of caves where a single nest and colonies containing 4-264 nests were visited.
Read more about Breeding Biology of the White-rumped Swiftlet at Chillagoe …

Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription), MN – May 29, 2007
On The Wing Jim Williams
Last update: May 30, 2007 – 8:25 AM
A cloud of cliff swallows swirls 100 yards ahead of my van, flying above the road that bisects flat pasture in eastern South Dakota.
The birds appear on one side of the road, swoop up, perform dogfight maneuvers, then disappear on the other side of the road.
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