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ecologyasia.com/news-archives The Jakarta Pos By Apriadi Gunawan MEDAN, North Sumatra (JP): Visit Kawasan, Kampung Keling, Ayahanda, Tembung, Labuhan Deli, Sanggal and Padang Bulan and almost any other part of this capital city of North Sumatra, and observe the almost overnight emergence of tall buildings there. Unlike the tall buildings in many other cities, nobody dwells […]

Yoshihiro UCHIDA, Yoji TSUKADA and Tsunetake SUGIMORI oxfordjournals.org Kyoto Research Laboratories, Marukin Shoyu Co., Ltd. Uji, Kyoto 611 Japanese Biochemical Society Neuraminidase [sialidase, EC 3.2.1.18 [EC] ] was found to be widely distributed in bacteria belonging to Arthrobacter. Among these bacteria, Arthrobacter ureafaciens, A. oxydans, and A. aurescens produced relatively potent neuraminidase activities. For the […]

Family
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THE REPUBLICAN OR CLIFF SWALLOW.
[Cliff Swallow.]
Genus
HIRUNDO FULVA, Vieill.
[Hirundo pyrrhonota.]

In the spring of 1815, I for the first time saw a few individuals of this species at Henderson, on the banks of the Ohio, a hundred and twenty miles below the Falls of that river.
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indomedia.com ENTAH dari mana mulanya khasiat sarang burung walet (Collocalia fuciphaga) cukup terkenal di seantero dunia. Sarang burung anggota famili apodiae ini sejak puluhan bahkan mungkin ratusan tahun lalu diyakini punya khasiat dalam memberikan kesegaran dan bahkan untuk menjaga kesehatan tubuh manusia.  Mitos baik untuk kesehatan muncul dari pengalaman pengguna yang semula disampaikan dari mulut […]

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov • Brown CR, • Brown MB. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Tulsa How colonial animals space their nests in relation to conspecifics may provide clues as to whether coloniality provides net benefits or occurs only because breeding sites are limited. We examined how nearest-neighbour distance varied in relation to settlement time in the […]

findarticles.com/p/articles Incidence of brood parasitism per colony varied from 0 to 25% of nests in Cave Swallows and from 0 to 50% in Cliff Swallows. In neither species was the percentage of nests with brood parasitism related significantly to colony size (of conspecifics) in either the first or second wave of nesting (Fig. 1). However, […]

The Star Online  CEREBOS Malaysia Sdn Bhd, the manufacturer of Brand’s products, has embarked on a Gift of Love campaign with two specially packaged hampers of Brand’s Essence of Chicken and Bird’s Nest Supreme Formula.  Each hamper will come with a pink postcard that consumers need to fill up and mail to Cerebos, who will […]

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For centuries valuable birds’ nests glued to inner cave walls were harvested by Kinabatangan hunters, REZA AZMI witnesses these steely collectors dangling from a narrow network of rattan ladders.
Read more about The Edible Riches of Sabah's Gomantong Caves …

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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 the seventh-inning stretch (although the best seats for my proposed entertainment are in the upper deck, with the gulls).

I’m speaking of the barn swallow and the white-throated swift, foraging on all those beer-crazed bugs rising off the crowd. While these birds are seemingly quite similar — long, swept-back wings, the aerodynamics of great fliers — the swallow is a song bird and the swift is not; actually more closely related to hummingbirds.
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chinarecipe.net INGREDIENTS Materials for 1 serve Swallow’s Nest Fragment 1/2 tbsp Papaya 1 pc (200g) honey 1/2 tbsp water some  RECIPE 1) Soak swallow’s nest and remove tiny features, add water then stew for 2 hours 2) Wash papaya and cut 1/4 of upper part away, serve as a lid 3) Remove all seeds and […]