Nature's Variety – Comparing Birds' Nests

sas.org/tcs/weeklyIssues To birders, the variety of sizes, shapes, colors, songs, habitats and behaviors of our feathered friends are fascinating and account for much pleasure. However, if you go a little farther and search carefully, you will find another much-varied dimension of the bird world – their nests. Birds’ nests are constructed from a variety of […]

SWALLOWS.

TSHA Online tsha.utexas.edu Swallows, of the family Hirundinidae, are among the most conspicuous, well known, and beneficial of birds; they feed in flight on numerous insects detrimental to man. Seven of the eight species occurring in Texas are colonial to some extent, and all are migratory. Most have developed close associations with man and his […]

The Deadly Delicacy :Allure of bird's nest soup endangers swiftlet colonies and drives violent clashes

sfgate.com Sarah Rooney, Chronicle Foreign Service Muk Island, Thailand — High in the caves of Thailand’s idyllic southern islands lies an unlikely treasure that people are willing to kill for — the nest of a sparrowlike bird called the swiftlet. About a half-dozen companies, which have been granted concessions by local governments to gather swiftlet […]

Feature: Nest soup taxing Indonesian birds

By Geoff Earle UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL washtimes.com EAST KALIMANTAN, Indonesia (UPI) — Utuh has never tried bird’s nest soup, but for 45 days at a stretch, the indigenous Dayak man with a wide face and bare feet stays in an open house made of logs in a jungle clearing overlooking a large cave so that […]

Health Benefits BIRD'S NEST NUTRITIONAL VALUES

tripod.com/health For centuries in China these nests have been considered nourishing and tasty as well as a booster of health for the sick and aging; they are even believed to be an aphrodisiac ( arousing sexual desire ) Birds’ nest has been used for a long time in traditional Chinese medicine for many centuries. It […]

Swallows' nests turn Medan into ghost town

ecologyasia.com/news-archives The Jakarta Pos By Apriadi Gunawan MEDAN, North Sumatra (JP): Visit Kawasan, Kampung Keling, Ayahanda, Tembung, Labuhan Deli, Sanggal and Padang Bulan and almost any other part of this capital city of North Sumatra, and observe the almost overnight emergence of tall buildings there. Unlike the tall buildings in many other cities, nobody dwells […]

Khasiat Sarang Walet Mitos atau Fakta

indomedia.com ENTAH dari mana mulanya khasiat sarang burung walet (Collocalia fuciphaga) cukup terkenal di seantero dunia. Sarang burung anggota famili apodiae ini sejak puluhan bahkan mungkin ratusan tahun lalu diyakini punya khasiat dalam memberikan kesegaran dan bahkan untuk menjaga kesehatan tubuh manusia.  Mitos baik untuk kesehatan muncul dari pengalaman pengguna yang semula disampaikan dari mulut […]

BROOD PARASITISM AND EGG TRANSFER IN CAVE SWALLOWS (PETROCHELIDON FULVA) AND CLIFF SWALLOWS (P. PYRRHONOTA) IN SOUTH TEXAS

findarticles.com/p/articles Incidence of brood parasitism per colony varied from 0 to 25% of nests in Cave Swallows and from 0 to 50% in Cliff Swallows. In neither species was the percentage of nests with brood parasitism related significantly to colony size (of conspecifics) in either the first or second wave of nesting (Fig. 1). However, […]

Hamper way to raise funds

The Star Online  CEREBOS Malaysia Sdn Bhd, the manufacturer of Brand’s products, has embarked on a Gift of Love campaign with two specially packaged hampers of Brand’s Essence of Chicken and Bird’s Nest Supreme Formula.  Each hamper will come with a pink postcard that consumers need to fill up and mail to Cerebos, who will […]

Stewed papaya with Swallow's nest

chinarecipe.net INGREDIENTS Materials for 1 serve Swallow’s Nest Fragment 1/2 tbsp Papaya 1 pc (200g) honey 1/2 tbsp water some  RECIPE 1) Soak swallow’s nest and remove tiny features, add water then stew for 2 hours 2) Wash papaya and cut 1/4 of upper part away, serve as a lid 3) Remove all seeds and […]