As a boy on the dairy farm I grew up on, barn swallows were as much a part of the farmyard and buildings as the livestock were.

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 ...

Look up the next time you do, and you’ll likely observe a swirling, diving and gliding bunch of birds with powder-white ...

New research reveals why barn swallows are declining — and how our barns may be part of both the problem and the solution.

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, ...

The glossy blue body of the barn swallow can appear quite dark in poor lighting and is contrasted by an orangish-brown belly. Their most noticeable feature is their graceful deeply forked tail, but ...

My 8-year-old son adores barn swallows. Actually, he loves all swallows—tree, violet-green, cliff, bank, cave, you name it. He even loves red-rumped swallows, which is a species that doesn’t even live ...

AGAINST THAT DECISION. KELLY O’BRIEN HAS MORE FROM THE GOSS FARM. BARN. SWALLOWS ARE A BIRD THAT IS VERY FAITHFUL TO THEIR NESTING SITE. 30 PAIRS OF BARN SWALLOWS HAVE CALLED THE BARN HOME FOR DECADES ...