< !-adsense--> thingsasian.com By Wah Heng Like many Malaysians of Chinese descent, I tasted the bird nest soup at a tender age. This is a Chinese delicacy that cuts across all provincial, national, geographical and other divides separating the two billion Chinese found on Planet Earth. In the 1950s, most Chinese wedding dinners (worthy of […]
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[Purification and chemical study of a Collocalia glycoprotein]
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
[Article in French]
Houdret N,
Lhermitte M,
Degand P,
Roussel P.
A glycoprotein was purified from the aqueous extract of “edible bird’s nest” (Collocalia) using free flow preparative electrophoresis and represented the main fraction of Collocalia glycoproteins.
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These Barn Swallows should be called "Front Porch Swallows"
Houston Chronicle, United States – May 18, 2014
My daughter and son-in-law, who live in Rosenberg, have acquired some new tenants at their house. These tenants are short-term residents. They will only be here for the summer. They will be paying rent “in kind” by entertaining their landlords and by catching flying insects. Yes, the new tenants are Barn Swallows.
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Bisnis Bergengsi dari Rumah Model Kuno
suarapembaruan.com
Bisnis ”air liur” Burung Walet bukan sembarang bisnis. Konon pada pertengahan abad XIX ketika pertamakalinya Burung Walet dibuatkan rumah, hanya para ulama yang menyediakan rumahnya untuk tempat tinggal Burung Walet.
Sekalipun Burung Walet ini termasuk burung liar dan lebih memilih tinggal di goa-goa di pantai Selatan , tetapi para ulama di Sidayu mampu menyediakan tempat tinggal. Dari hasil penjualan sarang Burung Walet ini, mereka tidak memungut biaya kepada para santri yang belajar mengaji.
“Para ulama sudah merasa mendapatkan penghasilan yang melimpah dari air liur Burung Walet. Penghasilan ini diyakini merupakan rezeki dari Tuhan,” kata pendiri Asosiasi Peternak dan Pengusaha Sarang Wal;et Indonesia, Drs H.A.Khoiruz Zaman, MM yang juga pengurus Yayasan Kanjeng Sepuh, Sidayu, kepada Pembaruan belum lama ini.
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TENTANG SERITI atau WALET
geocities.com
By: Iverda Yunanto, ST
SERITI / WALET
Superorder : Apomorphae
Order : Apodiformes
Family : Apodidae
Sub Family : Apodenae
Tribes : Collacaliini
Genera : Collacalia
Species :seriti = Collocalia esculanta; walet = Collacalia fuciphaga
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Bird House Cam – About Tree Swallows
natlands.org
Tree swallows are one of the primary competitors of bluebirds for nest space. When the bluebirds abandoned the nest they they had begun building in our nest box in 2014, a pair of tree swallows took it over and successfully raised a brood of young.
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Perusahaan Menternak Burung Layang-layang (Walit)
walit.net Pendahuluan Penuaian sarang burung walit dari gua secara komersial telah bermula lebih daripada 100 tahun yang lalu. Di Gua niah, Sarawak perusahaan ini bermula pada tahun 1878 dan diikuti oleh penuaian di Gua Mulu. Di Semenanjug Malaysia penuaian secara komersial dijalankan di lapan buah gua di Pulau Redang, Terengganu. Terdapat 13 specis walit di […]
About Swiftlet
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Benefits Of Bird’s Nest Usage
Bird’s nest is a Chinese delicacy that has been claimed to be an effective health giving tonic. The nest itself is made by swifts’ rich gel nourishment secretion which modern research has revealed to contain a number of health promoting qualities.
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Pengenalan Burung Swiftlet(aerodramus fuciphagus)
aerodramus.com Burung Layang-layang (Aerodramus Fuciphagus), yang dikenali juga sebagai burung walit terdapat di dalam empat jenis iaitu Aerodramus, Hydrochous, Schoutedenapus dan yang tinggal ialah spesis collocalia. Di Indonesia burung walit (Aerodramus Fuciphagus) dikenali sebagai Walet. Spesis ini juga dikenali sebagai Collocalia. Spesis ini tinggal di kawasan pesisir Tropika. Aerodramus Fuciphagus mempunyai sayap yang kecil dan […]
Fall Aggregations of Cliff Swallows in the Allegheny Mountains
several hundred yards to the woodland on a circuitous route, making a noticeably slow and labored return against the strong wind. It seemed that the flycatchers sought all their food in the distant woodland. They never were seen perched any- where in the dead forest, except close by or on the nest-tree, immediately before entering the nest or immediately after leaving it.
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