For hundreds of years, barn swallows have signaled the coming of spring. In many cultures, it is considered good luck to have barn swallows build nests on a person’s property. Artifacts depicting barn ...

So how did humans start building nest boxes? As they started building structures, certain species like the House Sparrow, House Martin, Barn Swallow and Barn Owl took to human-built structures to ...

Barn swallows are found all over the world. You can spot a barn swallow on six continents: North and South America, Europe, ...

DEAR JOAN: Every year barn swallows build nests under the eaves of our house. This year is no exception, and we have two of the typical mud nests under the overhang. However, we also have a pair that ...

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, ...

Throughout the month of April, five species of swallows – tree, northern rough-winged, bank, cliff and barn – pass through South Texas en route to their nesting grounds to the north. At the end of ...

Peter Townshend knows it's spring when the barn swallows show up on his farm in Rollo Bay, P.E.I. "When they come back, it's like the family has come back to open the cottage for the summer," said ...