| The starling has survived on a small island, Cocos, off the south coast of Guam, and the swiftlet still nests on the high walls of a cave. |
| But on the roads around Sukadana, potential health concerns seemed secondary, and swiftlet house owners seemed more concerned with the flightiness of the birds themselves. |
| One swiftlet is world-famous on account of its saliva-built nest, which is the edible swallows' nest we used to read about. |
| The nests belong to a species of swiftlet, Collocalia whiteheadi, which is found in the Philippines and New Guinea. |
| Instead of twigs and straw, the swiftlet makes its nest from strands of gummy saliva, which harden when exposed to air. |
| Getting started in swiftlet farming requires what is, for this part of the world, a significant amount of money. |
