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 ...

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 ...

From purple martins to barn swallows, find out how to spot and identify 8 members of the swallow bird family during summer.

HADLEY, Mass.HADLEY, Mass. — A former horse stable at the Fort River Division of the Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge that has become a prominent nesting site for barn swallows will ...

Sign up for the Gazette's morning newsletter and get essential news each day. Sign up HADLEY — People interested in a stables building at the Fort River Division of ...

I enjoy watching the barn swallows gliding with the ease and grace of Olympic figure skaters through our rural Waconia yard and listening to their musical chattering. They are here to feed on ...

Successful efforts to preserve barn swallows in the stables at the Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Fort River Refuge in Hadley are at risk (“Bird haven at crossroads,” July 21). After ...

It was — for far more than one reason — for the birds. Barn swallows — with their young tucked in a pair of nests built in the low-ceiling between two rows of stanchioned cows — were my ...