Ornithologist Arthur Bent’s words in the early 1900s still hold true today. “Everybody who notices birds at all knows, admires and loves the graceful, friendly barn swallow,” he explained. “No bird in ...

The barn swallow is a pretty little bird. It also can be an aggressive little pest. Therefore, human beings, and this individual human, tend to have a love-hate relationship with the swallow. In ...

Barn swallows have been nesting in an old barn in Rye, N.H., for decades. This year, the returning birds will find themselves locked out, and that has ruffled a lot of feathers around town. At this ...

Barn swallows are a cosmopolitan species, living in such far-flung places as Europe, the Middle East, Indochina and Australia, practically everywhere except some islands and the polar regions. I've ...

Estonia and Austria, two European countries, have named this species their national bird. George Grinnell played a huge role in early conservation. After he became editor of Forest and Stream magazine ...

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 ...

Did you ever pause on a summer day to admire the swallows doing aerial gymnastics overhead? Those swallows are designed to maneuver incredibly quickly while flying at speeds up to 40 miles/hour.

The Goss Farm barn has been closed up to prevent the swallows from nesting there at the direction of the Rye Conservation ...

At this very moment, a few dozen birds are on their way to Rye, New Hampshire. The birds are barn swallows. And every spring, they migrate to nest inside an 18th century barn. But the swallows are in ...