T he tree swallow is typically a straightforward enough bird to identify, even for newer birders. With shiny, almost ...

The boys of summer catch flies.The birds of summer catch flies.Baseball and birdwatching may be a strange mix, but the last time I visited Veteran’s Stadium to watch a Phillies game, I was ...

Several of the swallows are among the first birds to arrive each spring. The first tree swallow was seen this year in Brevard about the third week of February, which was at least two weeks earlier ...

There are eight species of swallows in North America with seven species in Montana. The cave swallow is mostly found in Texas and Mexico. Tree, violet-green, northern rough-winged, bank, barn, ...

Milkweed angels, star gourds: Sisters make home-grown winter tree The winter tree that the Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi decorate in the lobby of their home shows more than their love of Christmas.

Greenwich Point is once again being colonized. This time, not by the British. A colony of Purple Martins, a rare member of the swallow family that gets its name from its colorful plumage, has ...

New Hampshire has the tree swallow, the northern rough-winged swallow, ... According NH Audubon, their nest site is built out of mud and is usually gourd-shaped.

In addition to living in martin houses, the birds also live in gourds. ... More than 50 local volunteers monitor bluebird and tree swallow nest box trails from mid-March through August.

Tree swallow nests across Pennsylvania are being collected for an investigation into the patterns that the common, fast-flying, cavity-nesting birds might incorporate into their nest construction ...