Naturalists and volunteers at Erie Bluffs State Park check bird houses each week this time of year to chart nesting activity.

This means the baby tree swallows find themselves going without meals, potentially leading to starvation. A study published in 2020 reviewed almost 50 years of breeding records.

Since the late 1970s, rainfall has spiked during the 20-day period when baby tree swallows are in the nest. After it rained three days straight, the researchers found, ...

We have 4.5 million bugs for barn and cliff swallows plus 810,000 for tree swallows and bluebirds, equaling 5.3 million insects total for those birds this season.

Tree swallows are known for collecting feathers to provide their nests with a soft baby blanket. Though tree swallows naturally nest in tree holes, thus their name, a bird box will do.

Similar to the tree swallow, violet-green swallows are cavity nesters.They can nest in cliffs, but they’ll also use dead trees, old woodpecker holes or nest boxes like the ones bluebirds use ...

Tree swallows in central P.E.I. have some new homes, thanks to five watershed groups in the area. The groups have put up dozens of nesting boxes for the insect-eating birds as part of a ...

While some baby birds may actually fall out of a tree, it's likely most are simply in that fledgling stage. It's best, said O'Shea, to just leave it alone. The parents have it covered.

Tree swallows in central P.E.I. have some new homes, thanks to five watershed groups in the area. The groups have put up dozens of nesting boxes for the insect-eating birds as part of a ...

Tree swallows in central P.E.I. have some new homes, thanks to five watershed groups in the area. The groups have put up dozens of nesting boxes for the insect-eating birds as part of a standardized ...