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 nice little birds to have around. They fly gracefully around and eat a lot of insects. My only disagreement was where they chose to build their nest. Earlier this year, they chose to ...

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, ...

Another page in the changing world we live in involves barn owls and barn swallows. I've seen lots of barn swallows, but can't remember seeing a barn owl in a barn. We had an abundance of pigeons ...

Here is a typical conversation that I have with fellow birders when I’m trying to bird for swallows. “There’s a swallow. There it goes. Here it comes. I wish it would perch someplace.” Swallows fly a ...

The four most numerous bird species in the world as listed by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) — house sparrow, barn swallow, European starling and ring-billed gull — are found in Minnesota in ...

This past week, in a quest to find refuge in nature and away from the coming apocalypse, I installed the Merlin Bird ID app to help me identify birds by sight and song. My first time using Merlin I ...

The Goss Farm barn in Rye is temporarily closed due to a health hazard from accumulated barn swallow droppings. The closure will last through the spring and summer while the Conservation Commission ...