Author: Swallow Bird Nest

Posted by Dan Barringer natlands.typepad.com In addition to being a popular magazine article title, book subject, and even perhaps a video game (?!) the title of this entry also describes the reality that surrounds us. This dryad saddle fungus (Polyporus squamosus) I photographed on a dead tree this spring. Often referred to as shelf fungus, […]

wildasia.net/main/article contributed by Reza Azmi Gomantong Hill is the largest limestone outcrop in the Lower Kinabatangan area, and contains at least nine caves. For centuries, the Gomantong Caves have been renowned for the valuable edible birds’ nests made by two of the four species of swiftlets that roost in the caves. During the harvesting months, […]

ecologyasia.com/news-archives KUCHING: Sarawak has recorded a sharp increase in the population of wild swiftlets following the implementation of a sustainable management plan by the Forest Department for the harvesting of bird’s nest.  Researcher Dr Lim Chan Koon said the number of white-nest swiftlets in a cave in middle Baram, northern Sarawak, had shot up to […]

bayanihan.org/html/article PUERTO PRINCESA CITY – Armed elements of the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG) and the Philippine Navy (PN), together with the Palawan Council for Sustainable Development (PCSD), raided the Elephant Island here Saturday and arrested about 70 edible bird’s nest gatherers and watchers. The 70 gatherers and watchers were taken to […]

sciencedaily.com In the classic debate of nature versus nurture, University of Tulsa researchers Charles and Mary Brown have scored one for heredity — at least when it comes to cliff swallows. The Browns say their study shows that genes guide cliff swallows when they select the size of colony in which to live. They say […]

g.webring.com Bird’s Nest is rare and so expensive that only wealthy people can consume it. Many people know that it’s a “cold food” because it has a cooling effect when you consume it. In Chinese they called it “Yin”. Bird’s nest is produced by swiftlets. These birds are from the same family as the common […]

suite101.com/article BirdingBy Fred J. Kane Hirundo pyrrhonota Vieillot The Cliff Swallows usually come into view in early days of May. In summer they stay only in the surrounding area of their usual nesting settlements. The number of this birds breeding in the provinces seems to have declined. Birders see small numbers after the month of […]

.americanartifacts.com Richard & Diane Van Vleck – Personal Pages Barn swallow colony sites are frequently destroyed when old buildings are demolished or sold to new owners, who wish to close them up. Attracting swallows to buildings where they will be allowed to nest has been simply a matter of opening a door or window, perhaps, […]

.americanartifacts.com Richard & Diane Van Vleck – Personal Pages Barn swallow colony sites are frequently destroyed when old buildings are demolished or sold to new owners, who wish to close them up. Attracting swallows to buildings where they will be allowed to nest has been simply a matter of opening a door or window, perhaps, […]

hkfsta.com.hk/articles Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Shun Wan CHAN Abstract: Edible bird’s nest is one of the widely used health foods in Chinese communities. The market generated by it is increasing because it exhibits a lot of beneficial effects to human beings. For its high market value, fake […]