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, ...

When going for walks in late July, much of the route is spent looking at summer wildflowers; many still in bloom while others have gone to seed. New ones are seen each day. In the woods, more moisture ...

Slowly, spring seeps in all around us. For thousands of years, January was not the beginning of the calendar year. For the ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Jews, the new year coincided with the vernal ...

On agricultural landscapes, pesticides travel through food webs and can negatively affect local wildlife populations. However, few studies have considered the long-term, cumulative effect of multiple ...

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 ...

Summer is swallow season. Spring migration can in some ways seem like a less-dramatic affair than California’s fall migration of ducks and shorebirds, with a relatively subtle arrival of songbirds, ...

Warming temperatures from climate change cause tree swallows to nest up to two weeks earlier than they did in the 1970s, but early spring cold snaps can hinder nestlings' growth and survival, ...

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 ...