A bird in the box is worth two in the bush, Bronx high school students learned this spring. Teenagers from Arturo A. Schomburg Satellite Academy in Longwood worked with Rocking the Boat, a local ...

On a recent visit to Bethpage State Park, I went with Kathy Wegman, a retired environmental horticulturist, as she checked bluebird and tree swallow nest boxes. At the first bluebird nest box, a ...

SAUKVILLE – Prairies are rich wildlife habitats. They are so bountiful, in fact, sometimes they even host species that evolved to breed elsewhere. For proof we need only look at two restored ...

An annual project by the Juneau Audubon Society to provide boxes for tree swallows to nest in the City and Borough of Juneau had a successful year gathering data, even as the population of birds ...

A Lynn Township, Lehigh County woman writes: “Every spring when I clean out the bluebird boxes something other than bluebirds move in. I’ve had to chase off house sparrows but tree sparrows (I believe ...

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Me first! No me! Tree swallow fledglings ready to meet the world. South Fork Preserve, Yolo County, California, June 2014. Credit must be given to the creator. Only noncommercial uses of the work are ...

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

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

Placement, construction, shape and material are essential nest considerations. Each species meets its own needs with its own style, developed over eons. Many bird species employ feathers in their ...