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portal.antara.co.id
Denpasar (ANTARA News) – Sarang burung walet yang dihasilkan dari goa bawah tanah di Bima, Pulau Sumbawa, Nusa Tenggara Barat, merupakan salah satu yang terbaik di dunia, sehingga harganya tergolong tinggi.
Read more about Sarang Walet Goa Bawah Tanah di Bima Terbaik di Dunia …

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Motomu Oda, Shinji Ohta, Takayuki Suga, and Tadashi Aoki*

Nagasaki Prefectural Women’s Junior College, 1-4-1 Narutaki, Nagasaki 850, Japan, Instrument Center for Chemical Analysis, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739, Japan, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739, Japan, and Suzugamine Women’s College, 4-6-18 Inokuchi, Nishi-ku, Hiroshima 733, Japan
Read more about Study on Food Components: The Structure of N-Linked Asialo Carbohydrate from the Edible Bird's Nest Built by Collocalia fuciphaga …

creativehomemaking.com
by Rachel Paxton
The Bird’s Nest Spruce is one of the most common dwarf evergreen shrubs. It is a member of the Norway Spruce (Picea abies) family; its Latin name is ‘Nidiformis’. This attractive, low-growing shrub gets its name from a depression in the center that makes it look like a bird’s nest.
Read more about Growing Bird's Nest Spruce …

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uteur(s) / Author(s)
MARCONE Massimo F. (1) ;
Affiliation(s) du ou des auteurs / Author(s) Affiliation(s)
(1) Department of Food Science, Ontario Agricultural College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ont., N1 G 2 W1, CANADA
Résumé / Abstract
A few species of swiflets (genus Aerodramus) build edible nests that are consumed by humans worldwide, as a delicacy known as the Caviar of the East or as a medicinal food.

Read more about Characterization of the edible bird's nest the Caviar of the East …

beezhouse.com
Was sitting at home on Saturday night, enjoying a repeat of Iron Chef. Theme ingredient: Swallow’s Nest. I hear you ask WHAT? Which is exactly what I did. Very quickly worked out it was a delicacy in Chinese cooking, and by god… EXPENSIVE. Only to be served when the Emperer shows up. (In case you’re wondering, if the friends pop over, then you should serve sea cucumbers. Who knew?). Now, the chefs did their thing with US$24,000 worth of Swallow’s Nest. Broke the budget for the show apparently. We got to the end of the show somewhat intrigued. What is Swallow’s Nest?
Read more about The Delicacy That Is Swallow’s Nest …

Pocono Record, PA –
John Serrao
Poconos Outdoors
August 12, 2007
This story is mostly about a bird, but it also concerns the birder who discovered it, resulting in the first historical record of this species nesting in the Poconos.

The bird was found completely by serendipity, yet if anyone is likely to make such an accidental discovery, it’s Rick Wiltraut, who has become famous throughout Pennsylvania’s birding community as the man who makes a habit of finding rare birds in unexpected places.
Read more about Birder makes remarkable discovery …

nps.gov
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.
Read more about Cave Swallows …

Dunn County News, WI – Jul 23, 2007
By Dennis Weibel, Red Cedar Notebook

Last month, millions of people from around the world took part in the Internet vote to name seven new “Wonders of the World.” It seems that some folks were disappointed that only one of the original wonders was still in existence. They longed for a new list of wondrous architectural achievements, ones that could be viewed and visited in the 21st century.
Read more about Avian architects — Cliff swallows use materials ‘at beak’ to construct colonies of sturdy nests …

MH Ng, KH Chan, YC Kong – Biochem Int, 1986 – ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

The edible bird’s nest extract from Collocalia spp. was found to contain a glycoprotein which could potentiate mitogenic response of human peripheral blood monocytes to stimulation with Concanavalin A or Phytohemagglutinin A.
Read more about Potentiation of mitogenic response by extracts of the swiftlet's (Collocalia) nest. …

Portsmouth Herald News, NH – Aug 1, 2007
By Sue Kike
“Look up,and see things Fliying/between the day nigh swallows with
spools of dark thread sewing the shadows together” — From “Bat” by D.H. Lawrence

I first interacted with swallows — tree swallows in particular — when I worked at the Wells Reserve; beautiful flyers, insect eaters, however they were primarily the pesky birds that took over bluebird nesting boxes.
Read more about Sue’s Nature News: Swallows …