An AgriLife Extension expert discusses how to limit barn swallow nests on structures while adhering to federal law.

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 ...

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 ...

HADLEY, Mass. (AP) - 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 be ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service made their final decision to demolish the Bri-Mar Stable that has been the focus of protests by activist group Save Our Swallows because the barn is home to what is ...

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 ...

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 ...