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According to Chinese medicine, the sweet flavor mainly enters the spleen channel. Sweet food is gentle, not cold or hot in nature. It has properties that give an alleviating and replenishing effect to the body. Consuming adequate amounts of sweet food can regulate the body functions. The bird’s nest tastes and swells better as sweet […]

Swell the bird’s nest with one or two changes of clear water. The water need not be retained after swelling. Follow the swelling time printed on the package since this varies depending on the kind of bird’s nest purchased. Place the swollen bird’s nest on a double-layer stainless steel strainer, rinse with tap water and […]

Bird’s nest contains the precious salivary secretion of swallow. As with other foodstuff, it should be stored properly. The ideal method is to store the bird’s nest in an airtight storage jar followed by refrigeration. Shopkeepers who stock good quality bird’s nests should be able to offer valuable advice on correct storage. The bid’s nest […]

The different products of bird’s nests that can be found in the market include the natural whole nest, nest strips, nest pieces, nest threads and the irregular shaped nest cake processed from nest threads. The marketed bird’s nest are produced by three different swallow species The swiftlet: The nest of swiftlet is constructed entirely by […]

In the article “Yan Wo Kao” (The investigation on bird’s nest) in Monthly Mingpao Vol. 231, Prof. Y. C. Kong and Prof. P. S. Kwan (1985) mentioned that in China the consumption of the bird’s nest was first documented in the ancient Chinese literature “Hai Yu” (The language of the sea) (Huang, 1536) in the […]

Q: With swallow bird becomes farmed bird that produces nests, how could the swallow nests prices still be very high? A: While most swallow bird indeed live in farms, but they are not human raised and fed (They are similar to bee farms). However, bee farm is generally easier to manage, as the farmer will […]

Collocalia Fuciphaga Species * Popular name: White nest, House nest, Wild/Cave nest * Produced by the largest bird (in size & population) among these 3 (edible nest producer) Collocalia species * Uses mostly only gelatinous strands for forming the entire nest * Gelatinous strands content in the unprocessed nest: 85 – 97% * The most […]

South East Asia swallow birds, or Swifts (Collocalia Family), are very unique birds. They have short bills, wide mouths, very small and weak feet, and long, crescent-shaped wings. They are about the same size as sparrows, but their wingspan is wider than that of a pigeon. Based on these specifications, they have a very strong […]

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Bird Feeders and Bird Food
Chimney Swift – small cigar-shaped body – flies fast and high over urban areas or low over lakes and rivers. Brown body. Twittering call.

In flight, this bird looks like a flying cigar with long slender curved wings. The plumage is a sooty grey-brown; the throat, breast, underwings and rump are paler. They have short tails.
Read more about Purple Martin, Swallows and Swifts of North America …

The Mercury (subscription), South Africa – Oct 25, 2014

October 25, 2014 Edition 1

At last people are talking sense about the plight of the barn swallows at the Mount Moreland roosts (The Mercury October 19).

In the past even some ornithologists have been heard to say that the swallows don’t matter, but put in the context that the roost accommodates at least 13% of the known population makes the threat to the roost, if Dube Tradeport goes ahead, an international crisis.
Read more about Thanks for recognising plight of the barn swallows …