Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Meet different types of swallow birds you should know. Plus, learn about the significance of swallow sightings. Adult tree swallow ...

The tree swallow is the only swallow that is truly swallow tailed, meaning the tail is deeply split and has white spots. The adult is blue-black above; cinnamon-buff below, with a darker throat. Most ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A member of the Trout River Environmental Committee took this photo of tree swallow eggs inside one of the new banding boxes.

One of the great joys of spring is the first appearance of the tree swallows. In my yard, this event almost always occurs in the first week of April; this year was no exception. It was a close call, ...

Concern about how climate change affects food security usually focuses on agriculture in resource-poor countries. But disruptions to weather patterns threaten food supplies for wildlife too. Walk ...

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

ALONG BOULDER LAKE — Halle Lambeau had to duck just a bit when an adult tree swallow sprung for its next box and flew off, rattled by Lambeau’s effort to look inside the box for eggs. “You now have a ...

Tree swallows fill the sky over the Connecticut River near Haddam, Conn. From late August to early October, as many as a million tree swallows gather on a small island near the mouth of the ...

Several times in the last few weeks I have responded to a request for help identifying a “big swarm of birds.” They were swirling, swooping and diving over the sea oats on Tybee, above a lagoon on ...