St. Joseph’s Day and the Return of the Swallows Celebration is an annual return of the famous swallows to Capistrano. This ...

The cliff swallow is another bird that might deserve the title "signature of summer." Cliff swallows are abundant and easily recognized. They reward close observation, because they are beautiful birds ...

A bunch of cliff swallow birds were making a nuisance of themselves at the Eldersburg Crossing Shopping Center, where they built nests on exterior walls. Their loud chirping and messy, muddy nests may ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hard to believe that June is already on our doorstep in this busy and very active spring season! May has once again been one of ...

"I just flew in from South America, and boy, are my wings tired!" That's what a cliff swallow might say, if cliff swallows could talk. After all, they've just flown some 3,000 miles to Northwest ...

Bedbugs are no fun, even when you’re a bird. The species that bothers humans — Cimex lectularius — only feasts on us. But other animals have to deal with their own versions of the nasty parasite.

Last Sunday Fort Wadsworth had an open house as part of National Parks Week and in celebration of the centennial of the National Parks Service. It was a true spring afternoon, a lovely day to be ...

Cliff swallows first caught my attention this year when I saw them nesting under a bridge in The Woodlands. In summers past, the bridge on Lake Woodlands Drive was a great place to see nesting barn ...

As they do each year on March 19, hordes of people have flocked to San Juan Capistrano, necks craned hopefully to the sky. They're eager to witness the annual return of the cliff swallows to the ...

If the question were rephrased, there would be a different answer: What is the most common bird in North Dakota? Abundance depends on the season of the year and conditions in nature, such as shelter, ...