Environment News Service – Nov 13, 2007
URBAN, South Africa, November 12, 2007 (ENS) – This year, as five million barn swallows migrate from across Europe to roost in South Africa’s Mt. Moreland Reedbed, they will be greeted by air traffic controllers. The controllers will be waiting to warn pilots of the swallow flocks coming in to land so that bird-plane collisions can be avoided.
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Author: Swallow Bird Nest
THE DETECTION OF Staphylococcus aureus IN SWIFTLETS' NEST USING IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY (STREPTAVIDIN BIOTIN)
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Retno Oktorina*, Soedarmanto Indarjulianto**, Sitarina Widyarini**, Hastari Wuryastuti**, R. Wasito** ABSTRACT A study to detect the presence of Staphylococcus aureus in swiftlets’ nest using immunohistochemistry (Streptavidin biotin Complex) has been successfully done.
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ENDANGERED SPECIES: BIRD'S NEST SOUP
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By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, SPECIAL TO THE NEW YORK TIMES
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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Family Hirundinidae: Swallows bird information
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Birds of the air, that take their insect food on the wing. Migratory. Flight strong, skimming, darting; exceedingly graceful. When not flying they choose slender, conspicuous perches like telegraph wires, gutters, and eaves of barns.
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Impact of nest-harvesting on the reproductive success of black-nest swiftlets Aerodramus maximus
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Daniel M. Tompkins
Tompkins, D.M. 1999: Impact of nest-harvesting on the reproductive success of black-nest swiftlets Aerodramus maximus. – Wildl. Biol. 5: 33-36.
Malaysian populations of ‘edible-nest’ swiftlets (Aves: Apodidae) have declined markedly over the last century. These declines are attributed principally to deleterious effects of nest-harvesting on swiftlet reproduction.
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Testosterone and sexual selection in swallows.
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Annotative Bibliography:
Badyaev, Alexander V. & Qvarnstrom, Anna. (2002). Putting sexual traits into the context of an organism: A life history perspective in studies of sexual selection. The Auk,119, 301-310.
Chek, Andrew A., Robertson, Raleigh J. (1991). Infanticide in Female Tree Swallows: A role for sexual selection. The Condor, 93, 454-457.
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GOLONDRINAS (Hirundo rustica)
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Por Biól. Nasif Nahle
GENERALIDADES:
Hace cinco años, algunos nuevos huéspedes llegaron a nuestro laboratorio. A su arribo, algunos de nuestros empleados se preocuparon porque ellos habían oído muchas leyendas acerca de las golondrinas (Hirundo rustica), por ejemplo, que el excremento de las golondrinas podía causar ceguera; que las golondrinas eran las almas de los difuntos, etc.
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Bird's nest industry conduit for money laundering
Nation Multimedia, Thailand – Oct 29, 2007
The bird’s nest industry in Thailand is a conduit for money laundering and could be funnelling more than Bt100 million a year, according a study by the Thailand Research Fund.
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BROOD PARASITISM AND EGG TRANSFER IN CAVE SWALLOWS (PETROCHELIDON FULVA) AND CLIFF SWALLOWS (P. PYRRHONOTA) IN SOUTH TEXAS
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Auk, The, Oct 2004 by Weaver, Heath B, Brown, Charles R
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SMYTH, A. P., B. K. ORR, AND R. C. FLEISCHER. 1993. Electrophoretic variants of egg white transferrin indicate a low rate of intraspecific brood parasitism in colonial Cliff Swallows in the Sierra Nevada, California. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 32:79-84.
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Cave Swallows
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One of the most significant bird species in North America uses Carlsbad Cavern as a summer nesting home. The cave swallow, a close relative of the cliff swallow, can be seen from early February to late October (sometimes even November) nesting just inside the entrance to Carlsbad Cavern. The swallows provide entertainment for visitors by chattering, swooping, and making spectacular dives into and around the mouth of the cave.
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