Author: Swallow Bird Nest

Daily Mail By LUCY BALLINGERLast updated at 22:10pm on 23rd August 2006 It’s a situation which might leave any parent all aflutter. Faced with three hungry mouths, each one squawking for attention, this swallow seems unsure which chick to feed first. Perched on the side of the nest, she stares into the gaping beaks – […]

Santa Fe New Mexican, NM – Aug 5, 2006 By STELLA DAVIS | Associated Press August 5, 2006 CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) – Nobody knows for certain how many cave swallows share the home of the Mexican free-tail bats at Carlsbad Caverns, but for the past 26 years, volunteers have come back year after year to learn more […]

Salt Lake Tribune, United States – Aug 17, 2006 By Lori Buttars The Salt Lake Tribune San Juan Capistrano it isn’t.    But the outdoor-garden center at Smith’s Marketplace on 3300 South and 3300 East has become a summer mecca for barn swallows.    “Unfortunately, they have a habit of pooping in high-traffic places and that has become a […]

uiowa.edu Bird Hall renovations take flight Spring has officially arrived. This means longer days, milder weather, and the happy, melodic banter of songbirds. At the Museum of Natural History, it means crunch time. Staff members have been working since December on the installation of the museum’s newly renovated bird exhibition in what is now known […]

eeza.csic.es JUAN JOSEu SOLER*, JOSEu JAVIER CUERVO†, ANDERS PAPE MØLLER‡ & FLORENTINO DE LOPE§ *Departamento de Biologi ́a Animal y Ecologi ́a, Universidad de Granada †Estacio ́ n Biolo ́ gica de Don ̃ana, C.S.I.C. ‡Laboratoire d’Ecologie, CNRS URA 258, Universite ́ Pierre et Marie Curie §Departamento de Zoologi ́a, Universidad de Extremadura (Received 19 […]

barn-swallows.net Cliff swallows nest in colonies and often live in close association with humans. Many swallow colonies on buildings and other structures are innocuous. In some situations, however, they can become a major nuisance, primarily because of droppings they deposit. In such instances they may create aesthetic problems, foul machinery, and cause health hazards by […]

hawkowl.blogspot.com Every day on my way to and from work (my whopping 6 minute commute), I pass a grassy field that always has several Northern Rough-winged Swallows (Stelgidopteryx serripennis) zooming high and low catching insects in their acrobatic way. From my perspective of birding, this swallow is a rather under appreciated member of its family. […]

Gloucester Daily Times – Aug 23 6:41 AM Gloucester Daily Times PLUM ISLAND – The sign leading into the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge tells the story of swarms of swallows stopping here to eat up the plentiful moths, spiders and mosquitoes. On a simple white marker board with a drawing of a swallow-like bird, it asks […]

botit.botany.wisc.edu This month’s fungus is another common inhabitant of bark or wood mulch. Although less than a centimeter in diameter, Cyathus striatus often grows in huge clusters, thus making them easily visible, even from some distance. They’re cute little fungi, almost always found wherever there is wood, as long as you look hard enough. The […]

msnbc.msn.com Females will dump lighter-breasted partners By Robert Roy Britt Updated: 9:33 p.m. ET Sept. 29, 2005 Among humans, conventional wisdom is that women pick men based on more than just looks. Not so with the female barn swallow. She doesn’t give a hoot about personality. Guys, take note: Male barn swallows have red breasts. […]