The Rye Conservation Commission voted to seal off the Goss Farm barn from migratory barn swallows due to health concerns over their droppings. Residents and a former state senator have urged the ...

Did you ever pause on a summer day to admire the swallows doing aerial gymnastics overhead? Those swallows are designed to maneuver incredibly quickly while flying at speeds up to 40 miles/hour.

There was no “night,” as such, on the first pizza night of the summer at Warren’s Oyster River Winegrowers. Although it was cool and cloudy, cars packed both the dirt lot and the field-cum-parking ...

Ornithologist Arthur Bent’s words in the early 1900s still hold true today. “Everybody who notices birds at all knows, admires and loves the graceful, friendly barn swallow,” he explained. “No bird in ...

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 ...

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

March 16 − To the Editor: It is a heartbreaking reality that, over the next two months, we may witness the deliberate and accelerated decline of a valuable species in our hometown of Rye. Each year, ...

1. In many parts of the world, changes in agricultural land-use have led to significant declines of bird species, including aerial insectivores such as barn swallows. In particular, barn swallow ...

Another page in the changing world we live in involves barn owls and barn swallows. I've seen lots of barn swallows, but can't remember seeing a barn owl in a barn. We had an abundance of pigeons ...

The barn swallows have fledged. Five young-of-the-year birds left a nest under the eaves of our garage on Wednesday. Others in the loose colony of swallows at our place soon followed. This has created ...

A new study led by the University of Colorado at Boulder has shown the testosterone of male North American barn swallows skyrocketed early in the breeding season when their breast colors were ...