The Japan Times, Japan – 2 hours ago
By ROWAN HOOPER
* Japanese name: Iwa tsubame
* Scientific name: Delichon dasypus
* Description: The translation of the Chinese name for this bird is smoky-bellied hair-leg swallow.
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Swallows to delay Fox River bridge
Swallows to delay Fox River bridge Duluth News Tribune, MN – Jun 8, 2014 Associated Press NEENAH, Wis. – A bridge project in Neenah has gone to the birds. The Oak Street bridge will take at least an extra two months to complete because of the arrival of hundreds of nesting cliff and barn swallows. The birds […]
Nesting swallows force bridge delay
Appleton Post Crescent, USA – Jun 8, 2014 Neenah’s Oak Street project extended for two months By Duke Behnke Post-Crescent staff writer NEENAH — The arrival of hundreds of nesting cliff and barn swallows has pushed back the projected completion of the Oak Street bridge more than two months to mid-October. The delay has ruffled the […]
Amazing birds build their nests in different ways
Staunton News Leader, VA – Jun 7, 2014 YuLee Larner Columnist Nest building by birds is just one of the small wonders of this world, with each species choosing certain materials and designs, different from all others. The method of construction, using only their bill and feet, is enough to boggle our minds. The killdeer simply scrapes […]
Scott Shalaway ,Island birds nest on boat
Salt Lake Tribune, United States – Jun 17, 2014 Blue skies, gentle breezes, the sound of water lapping on a rocky shoreline, magnificent sunsets and storms that blow up on a moment’s notice. These are just a few of the reasons I enjoy island life, and this week I’m on Gibraltar Island in southern Lake Erie. I’m […]
ALWAYS IN SEASON: Nesting birds face many perils
Grand Forks Herald, ND – Jun 25, 2014
By Mike Jacobs, Publisher and Editor of the Herald
Birds face a lot of perils as they work to raise their young. This truth reached our home dramatically Saturday morning.
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Nest delicacy birds successfully incubated
Thanh Nien Daily, Vietnam – Jun 18, 2014 Young edible-nest swiftlets An indoor Salangane or edible-nest swiftlet raising pilot has shown promise recently in south-central Vietnam where local residents earned their living from selling the lucrative nests as an edible delicacy. The Khanh Hoa Salagane Nest Company has successfully incubated and raised indoor Salangane whose nests serve […]
Egging on swallows brings bird bounty
Akron Beacon Journal, OH – Jul 3, 2014
Portage Lakes group hangs up homes for insect eaters
By John Higgins
Beacon Journal staff writer
COVENTRY TWP. – Until Sunday afternoon, Alyce Duncan had never flung scrambled eggs catapult-style at purple martins in mid-flight with a black plastic spoon.
Duncan’s niece, Heidi Pitts and her husband, Dennis, belong to the Portage Lakes Purple Martin Association, which has a sanctuary for the birds near the State Mill Road boat launch in Portage Lakes.
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Town attracts unique variety of swallows
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Greenwich Time, CT – Jul 6, 2014
By Michael Dinan
Staff Writer
Published July 6 2014
Brian O’Toole stepped over a guardrail at East Putnam Avenue yesterday morning and skidded down a worn path toward the Mianus River. He came to the edge of a concrete embankment, lifted his binoculars and peered into the steel underbelly of the Post Road overpass, cars rumbling overhead.
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IN INTRODUCTION TO EDIBLE BIRD’S NESTS
sinpiao.com The mystical and mythical facts about bird’s nests and their nutritional and medical powers have not only drawn the wildest assumptions from the westerners but also erroneous speculations from some Asians as well. According to most authors, bird’s nests were believed to be first introduced in the 16th Century as a mean of medication […]