Author: Swallow Bird Nest

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PHETCHBURI, Thailand, Jan 18 (Reuters Life!) – The construction business is booming in the Thai coastal province of Phetchburi — but the buildings are for birds, not people
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Revista Catalana d’Ornitologia 22:40-42, 2006
migration Òscar Gordo

The abnormal behaviour of a group of Barn Swallows roosting in a maize field is described in detail. Approximately 700 individuals forming a spherical flock performed spectacular manoeuvres over a maize field for several minutes.
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Science Centric, Bulgaria – Jan 31, 2014
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The Bronx Zoo-based Wildlife Conservation Society has called for protection of a recently discovered site in Nigeria where millions of migratory swallows (Hirundo rustica) gather to roost each night.
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Essential Criteria for Selecting a Bird’s Nest
• Shape and volume: The best bird’s nests are in the cup shape, boat shape or spoon shape. Bird’s nest can be triangular in shape if they have been built in the corner of two adjacent walls. However for nutritional value the shape does not matter. Bird’s nests that is broader in width rank higher.
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By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, SPECIAL TO THE NEW YORK TIMES
Published: January 21, 1987

LEAD: Nothing that a Chinese host can put on a table has more cachet than a bowl of viscous bird’s nest soup. For centuries, it has been a delicacy throughout the Chinese world, a dish famed for its ability to keep people young and healthy.
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Bird’s Nest Can Be Categorized Into Two Main Types: House Nest And Cave Nest.
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VietNamNet Bridge, Vietnam – Feb 9, 2014

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VietNamNet Bridge – The young man led his guests into a dark house. The guests could not see because of the darkness but could hear the sounds of birds and sense a strange smell; their steps squished into thick guano; suddenly, the house lit up and they saw thousands of swallows perched on the ceiling.
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CCN Magazine, CA – Feb 4, 2014
The Bronx Zoo-based Wildlife Conservation Society has called for protection of a recently discovered site in Nigeria where millions of migratory swallows (Hirundo rustica) gather to roost each night.
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Tampa Bay Newspapers, FL – Jan 31, 2014
Article published on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2014
PINELLAS COUNTY – In the birding world, few species generate more excitement than does the Purple Martin, a swallow that is arriving now throughout Florida, with reports of scouts logged almost daily online.
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BBC News, UK – Jan 31, 2014
A worker drowned two swallow chicks at a building site at Gleneagles Hotel, Perth Sheriff Court has heard.
The birds, which were about one-week-old, were deliberately thrown into a puddle and killed by Polish labourer Zbigniew Dyrda.
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