Yahoo

Meet the barn swallows, the small birds that aid us with pest control every year

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The most wide-spread members of the swallow family, barn swallows wing their way throughout the world, breeding generally in the ...
The Journal

Tips to prevent barn swallow nests this spring

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 ...
The Boston Globe

A flap over barn swallows raises larger concerns about a bird in decline

HADLEY — Every spring, they faithfully return. Scores of the small birds with the long, forked tail and dark rump flutter through openings in a dimly lit, dilapidated stable, where they use mud and ...
Grand Forks Herald

ALWAYS IN SEASON: The swallow is August's bird emblem

The barn swallow is bird of the week. It's hard to name any other bird in the last week of August. Barn swallows are abundant in country places. They've finished nesting. The last young-of-the-year at ...
Berkshire Eagle

Barn swallows are one of the most common and noticeable birds found all across the globe save Antarctica

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, ...
Houston Chronicle

Barn swallows are nest-building marvels

You can't miss the flying acrobats - aka barn swallows - as you drive under overpasses. They began arriving in late March from winter homes in Central and South America. The majority probably made a ...
AOL

From Bluebirds to Barn Swallows: Nature’s Mosquito Fighters

Mosquitoes are among the most irritating pests. In addition to their annoying bites, which can leave you very itchy, some are also vectors for deadly viruses. Fortunately, many birds eat mosquitoes, ...
inforum

Always in Season: Barn swallows are a love-hate species

The barn swallow is a pretty little bird. It also can be an aggressive little pest. Therefore, human beings, and this individual human, tend to have a love-hate relationship with the swallow. In ...

A look at bird migrations as the swallows return to San Juan Capistrano

Saturday, March 21, is the Swallows Day Parade in San Juan Capistrano. The cliff swallows fly from Argentina, one of the ...

Save Rye barn swallows, taxation without representation in York: Letters

Letter writers oppose barring barn swallows from historic Goss Barn in Rye, criticize higher parking fees for second ...
The Baltimore Sun

Nesting barn swallows move right in Neighbors: These apartment tenants pay no rent, but they can’t be evicted. The birds and their nests are not welcomed by everyone, but ...

You can take away the barn, but you can’t take away th birds that once nested there. An apartment complex near Elkridge is learning this lesson. Built on a former farm off Old Waterloo Road about six ...