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scielo.br/ Revista Brasileira de Biologia ONIKI, Y. and WILLIS, E. O.   Departamento de Zoologia, Unesp, CEP 13506-900, Rio Claro, SP, Brazil Correspondence to: Yoshika Oniki, Departamento de Zoologia, Unesp, CEP 13506-900, Rio Claro, SP, Brazil, e-mail: ewillis@rc.unesp.br Received May 3, 1999 ¾ Accepted March 16, 2000 ¾ Distributed November 30, 2000 (With 5 figures) […]

Desicritics.org, India – Oct 1, 2006 October 02, 2006 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 […]

October 25, 2006 Edition 1 The Mercury (subscription), South Africa  At last people are talking sense about the plight of the barn swallows at the Mount Moreland roosts (The Mercury October 19). In the past even some ornithologists have been heard to say that the swallows don’t matter, but put in the context that the roost […]

The Tree Swallow, Tachycineta bicolor, is a migratory passerine bird that breeds in North America and winters in Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. It is a very rare vagrant to western Europe. This swallow averages 13.5 cm (5 inches) long and weighs about 20g. The bill is tiny. The adult Tree Swallow has iridescent […]

ehow.com Rate This Article: Thanks. Your vote has been counted. Difficulty: Moderate When swallows migrate in spring, they immediately begin looking for textured surfaces to attach mud nests to. Keeping nests from being built on the eaves of your house involves dealing with each nest as it’s constructed, or denying the birds access before they […]

.findarticles.com Auk, The,  Jul 2002  by Chaplin, Susan B,  Cervenka, Mora L,  Mickelson, Alison C ABSTRACT.-We continuously recorded temperatures of the nest cup (T^sub n^) and air (T^sub a^) just outside the nest box throughout development of Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) chicks in east-central Minnesota. Brood size was manipulated (three or six chicks per nest) […]

Sunday Times – Oct 15 10:14 PM By Sy Lerman All that was in tune for Moroka Swallows during their late 2-1 Premier League defeat against a lively Jomo Cosmos at Germiston Stadium on Sunday afternoon was the club’s entertaining brass band. While the Birds only seemed to play with urgency and purpose while trailing, the young […]

ecotravel.co.za 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 […]

accessmylibrary.com Author: Harrison, George H. Source: Birder’s World COPYRIGHT 2004 Kalmbach Publishing Company One swallow maketh not summer,” wrote the English playwright John Heywood in 1546, but for me, one swallow, the first Barn Swallow of the season, made it summer at my Grandfather Hill’s farm near Leisureville, Pennsylvania. I spent many of my boyhood summers […]

.wild-bird-watching.com/ The Barn Swallow, with its distinctive long forked tail, makes it the easiest of North American swallows for bird watchers to identify. Although in flight the feathers are swept back and form a single long point behind the bird. One sure sign of summer for anyone who enjoys bird watching, is this bird flying […]