From symbolism to bug catching abilities, there's a lot to learn about a barn swallow. Learn about their nests, songs, range ...

Learn how to identify a male and female tree swallow. Find out about their nests, song, range map and what tree swallows eat.

A common childhood warning about swallowing seeds is debunked. Your stomach's strong acids prevent any plant growth. Seeds are digested or pass through your body harmlessly. Rare medical cases involve ...

Contrary to childhood warnings, swallowing a seed will not result in a plant growing inside your stomach. Potent stomach acids effectively break down seeds, preventing germination. While rare medical ...

Our area hosts six different swallow species. The largest of these is the purple martin. Barn and tree swallows may be the most familiar to you and they reach about 6½ inches in size. Both are rather ...

I sat on the railing of the boardwalk to watch the aerial display, a display every bit as impressive as the air shows put on by the Blue Angels or Thunderbirds. All around and above me and ceaselessly ...

It’s September and that means everyday tree swallows are putting on their spectacular autumnal avian display near the mouth of the Connecticut River. Hundreds of thousands of the birds come from all ...

Except for the barn owl, our region’s birds are predictable when they nest, how often they nest, and for the most part, how many eggs they lay. (Barn owls may nest at various times, but seldom in the ...

Cliff swallows indeed prefer cliffs, building colonies of their gourd-shaped nests along the sheer vertical surfaces, but they also love concrete bridges over creeks and rivers. The underside of ...

Cliff Swallows have made their home in nests of mud along the store fronts at Eldersburg Crossing Shopping Center. Barn Swallows in their nests of mud under the awning of Michael's at Eldersburg ...