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guardian.co.uk Topsy-turvy weather upsets people as well as birds and bees John Vidal, environment editor Saturday February 21, 2004 The Guardian Britain is experiencing one of its weirdest-ever Februaries. Tulips were reported to be in full flower in Bedfordshire yesterday, swallows were nesting in Kent, frogs were mating furiously in Shropshire and bumblebees were flying […]

scielo.br ONIKI, Y. and WILLIS, E. O. Departamento de Zoologia, Unesp, CEP 13506-900, Rio Claro, SP, Brazil Correspondence to: Yoshika Oniki, Departamento de Zoologia, Unesp, CEP 13506-900, Rio Claro, SP, Brazil, e-mail: ewillis@rc.unesp.br Received May 3, 1999 ¾ Accepted March 16, 2000 ¾ Distributed November 30, 2000 (With 5 figures)  ABSTRACT An August or winter […]

Environment News Service – Nov 13, 2014
URBAN, South Africa, November 12, 2014 (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.
Read more about Swallow Flocks and World Cup Airport Try Coexistence …

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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.
Read more about THE DETECTION OF Staphylococcus aureus IN SWIFTLETS' NEST USING IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY (STREPTAVIDIN BIOTIN) …

glycob.oxfordjournals.org Dietmar Gundacker, Sally P. Leys2, Heinz C. Schröder, Isabel M. Müller and Werner E.G. Müller1 Institut für Physiologische Chemie, Abteilung Angewandte Molekularbiologie, Universität, Duesbergweg 6, D-55099 Mainz, Germany, and 2Department of Biology, University of Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3N5, Canada Received on April 25, 2000; revised on July 20, 2000; accepted on September 12, […]

medscape.com J Allergy Clin Immunol.  2001; 107(6):1082-7 (ISSN: 0091-6749) Goh DL; Chua KY; Chew FT; Liang RC; Seow TK; Ou KL; Yi FC; Lee BW Department of Paediatrics, National University of Singapore, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road, S(119074)Singapore. BACKGROUND: We have previously described anaphylaxis induced by edible bird’s nest (BN) and demonstrated that this condition is IgE mediated. OBJECTIVES: This study aimed at describing […]

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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.
Read more about ENDANGERED SPECIES: BIRD'S NEST SOUP …

imperialnest.com Edible bird’s nest is well known and popular amongst Asian consumers, especially Chinese, Japanese and Vietnamese for century. Many Asian people who live in Europe, USA, Canada, Australia have earned a good living with good incomes. They could afford to pay for high price Bird’s Nest. Swiftlet Feeding Seminar will be held in Bangkok […]

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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.
Read more about Family Hirundinidae: Swallows bird information …

aikoediblebirdnest.com A few species of swift, namely cave swifts, are renowned for building the nests used to produce the soup’s unique texture.  Such edible bird’s nests are among the most expensive animal products consumed by humans.  The nests have been traditionally consumed in China for over four-hundred years.      The most heavily harvested nests are from […]