While barn swallows are amazing birds and fun to watch, you might not want to have them nesting on your home. Not only are ...

Barn swallows tend to nest as single pairs, while cliff swallows can nest in colonies of up to several hundred pairs. These birds prefer nesting on overhangs, covered ledges or other suitable ...

Swallows are summer migrants from Africa to Ireland, arriving here in spring and departing in autumn. If the weather is good ...

Robyn Bailey of Nestwatch at Cornell University wrote that “finding a bird’s nest offers a rare chance to discreetly witness the intricacies of breeding bird biology.” She goes on to say that if we ...

Every summer, barn swallows return to nest in an old storehouse on Juan’s farm. So he hung a ripped oil painting before a shattered window through which he knew the birds entered. Eight hours later, ...

The annual migration usually happens at almost the same dates as other years, but with lousy weather two things happen. First ...