Despite a chilly start to spring with the vernal equinox on March 20, spring’s warming blanket finally has descended. With it ...

Almost every day, beginning in April, I make time (or an excuse) to get out somewhere in my outdoor realm in Carbon County. Birds are the reason. One family of birds that makes their return here is ...

The barn swallows saga continues in Rye, and now, a special town meeting is in the works. The barn swallows come to the town ...

Tiny barn swallows weigh about the same as around eight pennies or 17 to 20 grams. While building their nests, these small birds make about 1,000 trips to the ground to add layer after layer. The ...

Advocates for opening a town-owned barn for the birds despite concerns over accumulating waste have gathered enough ...

Citizen petition looks to protect barn swallows in Rye after migratory birds are blocked from Goss Farm's historic barn.

Save Our Swallows group hosts rally outside of Rye barn to speak out against banning Barn Swallows from nesting there ...

I call it my secret hobby. Through it, I’ve learned about nature, photography and the peculiarities of people.

A UC Davis-led study in Colorado found that extreme and variable temperatures can hinder the growth of young barn swallows, especially before they develop the ability to regulate body temperature.

Climate change threatens to cause increasingly extreme and variable temperature swings, affecting everything from urban ...

Cold nights, heat, and temperature swings slow growth in baby barn swallows, with the smallest and least-fed chicks most at ...

How Woodfibre LNG is working to protect the birds that share Howe Sound, from returning eagles to barn swallows and the nests in between ...