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 ...

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

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 ...

From symbolism to bug catching abilities, there's a lot to learn about a barn swallow. Learn about their nests, songs, range ...

HADLEY, Mass.HADLEY, Mass. — A former horse stable at the Fort River Division of the Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge that has become a prominent nesting site for barn swallows will ...

Sign up for the Gazette's morning newsletter and get essential news each day. Sign up HADLEY — People interested in a stables building at the Fort River Division of ...

I enjoy watching the barn swallows gliding with the ease and grace of Olympic figure skaters through our rural Waconia yard and listening to their musical chattering. They are here to feed on ...

The barn swallow population has exploded at our place west of Gilby, N.D. We’ve had barn swallows each of the 16 years we’ve lived there, and sometimes cliff swallows, too, but never this many, ...

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 ...