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

The eastern bluebird has been the featured subject at least two dozen times over the 26-plus years Focus On Nature has been running on these pages. It’s a subject guaranteed to brings notes a… ...

DOUG: WE DON’T MEAN TO FREAK YOU OUT LIKE A HITCHCOCK MOVIE THIS MORNING, BUT THIS MORNING’S WAKE-UP CALL COMING TO US FROM THE PARKER RIVER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE ON PLUM ISLAND. THIS IS A ...

For Wildlife Recovery Association's Barb Rogers, tree swallows are swift, smart and stunningly beautiful. However, there is a lot more to them. Their irridescent colors of blue and green flash in ...

It was a close call, but the first tree swallows made themselves known on April 7 and it felt as though life had returned to the yard. There had certainly been birds present all through the ...

Best practices call for tree swallow and eastern bluebird nest boxes to be made of untreated wood with a small hole cut in one side. The size of the hole helps limit unwanted species from ...

Courtesy of Houghton Mifflin Co. During April, six species of swallows migrate in from the South. The first one to appear is the tree swallow and it nests in a natural cavity or in a nest box and ...

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, ...

The boys of summer catch flies.The birds of summer catch flies.Baseball and birdwatching may be a strange mix, but the last time I visited Veteran’s Stadium to watch a Phillies game, I was ...

There are eight species of swallows in North America with seven species in Montana. The cave swallow is mostly found in Texas and Mexico. Tree, violet-green, northern rough-winged, bank, barn, ...