Whether you love watching barn swallows up close or dread the mess they leave behind, a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert encourages you to take preventative action before the birds begin ...

New research reveals why barn swallows are declining — and how our barns may be part of both the problem and the solution.

Dear Heloise: Our residential neighborhood has barn swallows. In mid-May, we realized that they had built a beautiful nest in the corner of our very small porch, and a female sat on it as the male ...

It was — for far more than one reason — for the birds. Barn swallows — with their young tucked in a pair of nests built in the low-ceiling between two rows of stanchioned cows — were my ...

Barn swallows have returned in full force, sometimes seeming to completely take over the barn and ranch. Uncertain when the unique birds started arriving this spring or when they left last year. When ...

Whether you hate the mess barn swallows leave or enjoy being able to watch them up close, now is the time to plan for these birds’ arrival. The migratory spring season for swallows started March 1 and ...

SET IN PLACE. KELLY O’BRIEN HAS MORE FROM RYE TONIGHT. SO WE’RE VERY, VERY ENCOURAGED BY THIS WHOLE VENTURE. THE RYE CONSERVATION COMMISSION SAYS THE GOSS FARM BARN SWALLOWS ARE MOVING INTO THEIR ...

AGAINST THAT DECISION. KELLY O’BRIEN HAS MORE FROM THE GOSS FARM. BARN. SWALLOWS ARE A BIRD THAT IS VERY FAITHFUL TO THEIR NESTING SITE. 30 PAIRS OF BARN SWALLOWS HAVE CALLED THE BARN HOME FOR DECADES ...

One warm and muggy morning on my walk, I notice swallows gathering on overhead power lines. The pair closest to me are northern rough-wings, and they are well into the throes of courtship: she, ...

Perched on a wooden bench in our overlook that offers a beautiful view of the swamp any time of the day, but especially in the early morning hours, I checked the camera to see what photos I had ...