Author: Swallow Bird Nest

rspb.org.uk Swallows were traditionally cave nesters, building mud nests on ledges in caves, and even inside hollow trees. Since Neolithic times they used artificial habitats and now most nest around human habitation. The close association with people has allowed the bird to expand its range greatly through the availability of new sites. They prefer to […]

ORNITOLOGIA NEOTROPICAL 9: 209–212, 1998 © The Neotropical Ornithological Society Salvador Peris & A. Llanes1Department of Animal Biology-Zoology, Faculty of Biology, University of Salamanca, 37071 Salamanca, Spain. 2Institute of Ecology and Systematic. Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment of Cuba. 209 INTRODUCTION Following to Ridgely & Tudor (1989), we considered the Cave Swallow (Hirundo fulva) […]

kmtrip.net Known as one of “the biggest and most splendid cave in Asia”, the Swallow Cave Scenic Region is located in the mountains 30 km east of Jianshui, and consists of a dry cave, a water cave and a 30,000-square-meter natural forest, with a total area of 100,000 square meters. Every year between spring and […]

crystalswiftlets.com Swiftlet Populated Areas in the Asian Continent Swiftlets (or Collocalia Fuciphaga) are predominantly found throughout the South East Asian region. The demand for their nests as a food delicacy has been growing exponentially on  global scale powered by the many affluent chinese communities living throughout the world. The price of 1 kilogramme (about 80 […]

WCAX 3 – 2 hours, 10 minutes ago They are a chatty bunch. The chatty barn swallow swoops into our homes this Monday morning. This is a family that is learning life outside the nest just leaving their stable home inside the barn. It’s a mud nest that’s often built in the rafters of a barn. The […]

The Weatherford Democrat – Aug 22 8:42 AM On their trip south, a short Plum Island layover By Stephen Tait THE DAILY NEWS (NEWBURYPORT, Mass.) PLUM ISLAND, Mass. — The sign leading into the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge tells the story of swarms of swallows stopping here to eat up the plentiful moths, spiders and mosquitoes. […]

Gloucester Daily Times – Aug 22 9:11 AM By Stephen Tait Gloucester Daily Times PLUM ISLAND – The sign leading into the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge tells the story of swarms of swallows stopping here to eat up the plentiful moths, spiders and mosquitoes. On a simple white marker board with a drawing of a swallow-like […]

The Herald – Aug 01 6:11 PM PAUL ROGERSON The man who presided over the breakneck expansion of Scotland’s biggest hotel group has left abruptly and without explanation. Peter Gray, who was chief executive of Kent-based Swallow Hotels, led an acquisition spree which has seen the group take over nearly 40 hotels north of the border since […]

WCAX 3 – 27 minutes ago They are a chatty bunch. The chatty barn swallow swoops into our homes this Monday morning. This is a family that is learning life outside the nest just leaving their stable home inside the barn. It’s a mud nest that’s often built in the rafters of a barn. The barn swallow […]

mirabilis.ca From the Globe and Mail, Soup good, bad for you. Bird’s nest soup — maybe that should be bird spit soup — seems to be both unexpectedly healthy and potentially harmful for those who relish its exotic taste. A chemical analysis by Massimo Marcone of the University of Guelph of several edible nests made […]