Author: Swallow Bird Nest

Purple Martins were seen Feb. 2 – not the earliest ever but a welcome sight indeed – over Singing River Hospital in Jackson County. Two Long-billed Curlews (and nearly 20 Marbled Godwits) have been seen sporadically on the beach at and east of Moses Pier in Gulfport. Searchers may face difficulty gaining access to parking […]

By LINDA McALPINE – GM Today Staff  January 31, 2006   BROOKFIELD – Plans to put up some artificial nesting platforms for a great blue heron rookery may be on hold because of the weather – it has been just too nice outside. The rookery, part of which is in Brookfield and part on private […]

Golf Channel Simple question: Have you been to the FBR Open in person? And while I’m at it — are you turned off by the thought of attending a tournament with on-course crowds hovering over 100,000 for the day on the weekend and a “Birds Nest” that allows for about 8,000 people to party until […]

Nest Harvest in the Baram (The Star Online) Story by JAMES RITCHIE FOR several hundred years, ancient birds’ nests caves in the middle Baram region have provided sustenance for a handful of aristocratic Kayan families.  I have heard about birds’ nests and even visited the Niah caves, but not the caves of the Middle Baram […]

Less than two weeks after Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, orders started rolling in – to replace, rebuild, and repair damaged housing in the stricken areas of the Gulf States. Bird housing, that is. In the wake of the hurricane, citizens of the Gulf Coast region set about providing housing in what would amount to […]

Construction Begins on Local Bridge WFIE-TV – Feb 01 Big delays are in store for motorists who use a heavily traveled Tri-State bridge. Construction is set to begin on the Wabash bridge, linking southern Illinois and southern Indiana. But this project will be creating several headaches for drivers. One-point-five-million vehicles use the 50-year-old Wabash bridge every year. […]

Nok Aen The Fifth Annual Dhamma-Yatra began yesterday (April 22) with a simple opening ceremony presided over by Phra Rajviraporn, the Lord of the Songkhla Sangha and active supporter of all the walks over the past five years. Thanks to local organizers, the ceremony was well attended by the local people around Wat Ban Poh […]

Birds of India – Edible-nest Swiftlet – Collocalia fuciphaga – Collocaliini – Apodidae – Apodiformes – Birding – Avifauna Edible-nest Swiftlet (Collocalia fuciphaga), also called Andaman Grey-rumped Swiftlet, is part of a group of birds called the Cave Swiftlets. They form the Collocaliini tribe within the Apodidae family. The group contains around thirty species mostly […]

Bird’s nest soup and the Bird Flu scare Bird Flu High Alert has been declared in Indonesia since the outbreak caused the first death in July this year. Should Malaysians be concerned, especially since we are seeing increasing interest in commercial birdnest farming in our towns and cities? So far the virus had killed 65 […]

Swallow nest is an edible nest of swiftlet, a tiny bird found throughout South East Asia. The bird is from Apodidae family of Collocalia genus. This bird, using the sense of its echolocation, detemines its resting, nesting and sleeping place deep inside the dark cavity. The swallow nest has a long history back to the […]