From purple martins to barn swallows, find out how to spot and identify 8 members of the swallow bird family during summer.

Hard to believe that June is already on our doorstep in this busy and very active spring season! May has once again been one of the most wonderful months of the year – this year being especially ...

For hundreds of years, barn swallows have signaled the coming of spring. In many cultures, it is considered good luck to have barn swallows build nests on a person’s property. Artifacts depicting barn ...

Cliff swallows are said by ornithologists to show the highest degree of colonization of any of the 89 swallow species in the world. Colonies can number from 200 to more than 2,000 nests. They could be ...

SAUKVILLE – Prairies are rich wildlife habitats. They are so bountiful, in fact, sometimes they even host species that evolved to breed elsewhere. For proof we need only look at two restored ...

Swallow-tailed kites are one of Florida's gemstone birds, mostly because of their annual migration and aerial acrobatics. The beautiful, comparatively small raptors recently arrived in Southwest ...

My earliest memory of a bird was the one colorfully painted on a shot glass in a relative’s China cabinet with the caption “JUST A SWALLOW.” I wouldn’t have gotten the joke even if I could read — I ...

In a 1,600-square-foot room next to a former equestrian arena on Moody Bridge Road in Hadley, a game call device wired to a timer and a 12-volt battery plays recordings of barn swallow vocalizations ...

The Juneau Audubon Society recently wrapped up its third year of studying local swallow populations. Next year, members hope to elevate the project’s scientific scope by linking it with a University ...

DEAR JOAN: It is mud swallow nesting season in the Communications Hill neighborhood of San Jose. My neighbors and I are doing all we can to discourage the swallows from nesting on our homes, and we’re ...