Some birds have taken to humans to an extent we never could have imagined. Three species found at San Angelo now nest in much or all of their range primarily on or in human constructs — buildings, ...

TOWNSEND, Ont. – The long grass sways as a soft summer wind sweeps under two strange structures, blowing with it the faint smell of manure, in an otherwise empty Ontario field. Under one, which looks ...

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

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, ...

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 ...

If you’ve seen a petite bird with cobalt blue feathers, a rusty orange throat, tawny breast and a long, deeply-forked tail lately, it was likely a barn swallow. Barn swallows have returned to Humboldt ...

Many bird species bond with humans as a function of their lifestyle and their names often reflect those bonds, like house wren, house finch, house sparrow and barn swallow. Barn swallows often build ...

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 ...

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