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
< < Page 1  Continued from page 9.  Previous | Next 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. Read more about BROOD PARASITISM AND EGG TRANSFER IN CAVE SWALLOWS (PETROCHELIDON FULVA) AND CLIFF SWALLOWS (P. PYRRHONOTA) IN SOUTH TEXAS

Thanks for recognising plight of the barn swallows

October 25, 2014 Edition 1 The Mercury (subscription), South Africa  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 […]

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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Tree Swallow

The Tree Swallow, Tachycineta bicolor, is a migratory passerine bird that breeds in North America and winters in Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. It is a very rare vagrant to western Europe. This swallow averages 13.5 cm (5 inches) long and weighs about 20g. The bill is tiny. The adult Tree Swallow has iridescent […]

Think like a bird to provide bird-friendly landscape; planning the right habitat is key


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Saturday, October 27, 2014

A.While not being an exact science, attracting birds can be done most anywhere as long as you spend a little time and effort understanding what birds want and need. A well-planned landscape that provides the proper habitat is the key. Providing food, water, shelter and a place to nest will reward you with lots of backyard birds.
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FIELD METHODS FOR DETERMINING THE SEX OF BARN SWALLOWS {HI RUN DO RUSTIC A) 1


DAVID E. SAMUEL Biology Department, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 11
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determine whether wing length (measured on museum skins), tail length (measured on museum skins), breast color (observed in the field), or behavior (observed in the field) could be used to sex Barn Swallows. Differences in wingchord lengths of male and female study skins were not significant.
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Flight kinematics of the barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) over a wide range of speeds in a wind tunnel

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Kirsty J. Park1,*, Mikael Rosén2 and Anders Hedenström2

1 Department of Biological Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA, UK and
2 Department of Animal Ecology, Lund University, SE-223 62 Lund, Sweden

*Author for correspondence (e-mail: k.j.park@stir.ac.uk)

Two barn swallows (Hirundo rustica) flying in the Lund wind tunnel were filmed using synchronised high-speed cameras to obtain posterior, ventral and lateral views of the birds in horizontal flapping flight.
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Studying the mystery of migration


Cyprus Mail, Cyprus – Sep 30, 2014
By Jane Stylianou

The amazing movement of birds around the globe has fascinated people for centuries

BIRD MIGRATION has fascinated people for centuries. No humans can equal the movements of some birds on migration. For example, no human population moves each year as far as the Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) which breeds in the Arctic and winters in the Antarctic, travelling between the poles twice a year.
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BIRD'S NEST SOUP


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Bird’s Nest Soup is reputed to have medicinal properties. It is certainly very expensive.

While on a cruise in the Andaman sea off the coast of Thailand near Phuket, we stopped at an island where we visited a cave. The cave had a very high roof on which swallows built their nests.
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