Beauty is in the eye of the beholder—even if that beholder is a barn swallow. Depending on where the birds live, some of them ...

A pair of Barn Swallows swap places in their nest of mud under the awning of Michael's at Eldersburg Crossing Shopping Center on Friday. (Brian Krista/Staff) A Cliff Swallow works on constructing ...

The largest swallow in North America, the purple martin (Progne subis), belongs to the same family (Hirundinidae) as the barn swallow.Its name is derived from its dark blackish-blue color, which ...

We have barn swallows to thank for another reason. Sadly, during in the Victorian era, milliners created women's hats using lavish arrays of bird feathers -- sometimes entire birds themselves.

Barn swallows have returned in full force, sometimes seeming to completely take over the barn and ranch. Uncertain when the unique birds started arriving this spring or when they left last year ...

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 ...

Although I’m not saying that not stopping the barn swallow nests and the chicks from being destroyed caused the summer of my misery and discontent, I’m not taking any chances.

At a glance, cliff swallows are the most similar to barn swallows, sharing both that mud-nesting habit and a generally similar color palette of shiny blue above and brownish below.

If you don’t want barn swallows on your property, you must immediately take action before any nests are built and occupied, said AgriLife Extension’s Liz Tidwell, a small acreage wildlife ...

Barn swallows absolutely love flies of all types but readily take beetles, bees, wasps, ants, moths, and other flying insects -- mostly caught on the wing. They seem to prefer, however, big bugs ...

Barn swallows are migrating back to Central Texas, and while they provide an ecological service by eating insects, their mud nests and mess can be a problem.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder—even if that beholder is a barn swallow. Depending on where the birds live, some of them may favor mates with a paler chest color while others find a redder ...