The violet-green swallow is a shiny green flier that swoops and soars in the West. Discover where to find them, what they eat ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...