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 ...

Barn swallows are found all over the world. You can spot a barn swallow on six continents: North and South America, Europe, ...

Did you ever pause on a summer day to admire the swallows doing aerial gymnastics overhead? Those swallows are designed to maneuver incredibly quickly while flying at speeds up to 40 miles/hour.

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, ...

Summer is swallow season. Spring migration can in some ways seem like a less-dramatic affair than California’s fall migration of ducks and shorebirds, with a relatively subtle arrival of songbirds, ...

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 ...

About a year ago, I introduced a new community science program — Swallows and Bridges — to help educate Treasure Valley citizens about the conservation of aerial insectivores. Due to a number of ...