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 ...

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 ...

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

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

Just as we have our styles of wood, adobe or brick, so do the birds: twig nests (warblers et al.), mud nests (swallows) and even gravel or stone nests (killdeer) or a combo, twigs and mud (robins).

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 ...

"I just flew in from South America, and boy, are my wings tired!" That's what a cliff swallow might say, if cliff swallows could talk. After all, they've just flown some 3,000 miles to Northwest ...

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) -Bird watching can be a fun hobby in the backyard, but one type of bird is proving to be a nuisance for many, and taking care of them can be problematic, too, as barn swallows are ...

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, ...

Cliff Swallows have made their home in nests of mud along the store fronts at Eldersburg Crossing Shopping Center. Barn Swallows in their nests of mud under the awning of Michael's at Eldersburg ...

A bunch of cliff swallow birds were making a nuisance of themselves at the Eldersburg Crossing Shopping Center, where they built nests on exterior walls. Their loud chirping and messy, muddy nests may ...