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oas.ucok.edu Eric Whelan Abstract Barn swallows, Hirundo rustica, are small migratory birds found almost anywhere. They stay in Oklahoma for nine months at a time and migrate to the south. They have two broods a breeding season. Their nests are made of soil, plants and other materials available to them. The objectives of my research […]

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Principal Investigator
Dr. CHEUNG, Hon Yeung
Associate Professor, Department of Biology and Chemistry
Stage of Technology Transfer: Commercially viable technology
Research Area: Life science ─ biotechnology
 

Background
Edible bird’s nest (EBN) is essentially the tiny nest woven by Swallows or Collocalia (Apodidae) from gelatinous strands of the bird’s saliva mixed with minor feathers or botanic substances. The birds build their nests wherever they like but mainly on the top of sea caves. Since it contains some of the essential glyconutrients and epidermal growth factors, it is a nourishing food and a booster of health. Southeast Asian people consume it because it promotes tissue and cellular growth as well as speeding up recovery from illness.
 
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MK Tarburton

Abstract

The White-rumped Swiftlet Aerodramus spodiopygius chillagoensis was studied during a good and a poor season at Chillagoe, Queensland. Most of the nests were in totally dark sections of caves where a single nest and colonies containing 4-264 nests were visited.
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sarep.ucdavis.edu Article written for Sustainable Agriculture Chuck Ingels Farmers and ranchers are looking closely at the benefits barn owls offer as an alternative method of controlling vertebrate pests (see Sustainable Agriculture Vol. 5. No. 1). The diet of the barn owl (Tyto alba) is relatively easy to ascertain, and several dozen studies have been conducted […]

.theava.com by Rob Lee Whether the Giants are winning games in big fistfuls, or can’t produce as much offense as a foul-mouthed grandmother, there’s always a good reason to go to their ballpark. I’m not talking about the starlings foraging in the outfield grass, or the hordes of Western gulls that begin gathering faithfully during […]

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A Column By Francie Von Mertens

The tide has turned. It turns slowly, and then really gets going. Mid-May brings the biggest surge of birds — a combination of species that nest locally as well as some passing through to nesting grounds farther north.
Read more about The return: From swallows to hawks and lots in-between …

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On many properties, finding a good site to place artificial nest cups is difficult. Barn swallows demand adequate protection of the nest from rain. Modern homes often don’t have adequate overhang of the eaves to provide this protection. Also, placing nest cups under the eaves of a two story house is more than many home owners want to attempt.
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PURPOSE
The use of artificial nests to attract barn swallows to a new site depends on their acceptance of these nests. To test the acceptance of artificial nests by barn swallows, the nests were offered to our colony of swallows, who also had access to old nests and plenty of unused space to build new nests.
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CLASSIFICATION
Phylum: Chordata
 Class: Aves
 Order: Passeriformes
 Family: Hirundinidae
 Genus: Hirundo
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AllAfrica.com, Washington – 15 hours ago

Mallards Bite Off More Than They Can Chew

By Michael Givant, Email- Givant@adelphi.edu

Until last summer mallards had always seemed placid and boring. Then I began to notice a few in the condo pond where we live. In the early morning when the water’s surface was smooth as glass and shafts of yellow light fell on tall, tan reeds, some male mallards, with their distinctive green heads and yellow bills, were slowly swimming between reeds cut to water level.
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