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 ...

Migration is an instinctual behavior for many animals, including birds. Each autumn, billions of birds flee the cold weather ...

Christiane shared this clip of her painting a barn swallow with a creative rhythm. ''I got a commission for two paintings of swallows, and I felt so inspired that I just painted a third one, which the ...

Cliff swallows indeed prefer cliffs, building colonies of their gourd-shaped nests along the sheer vertical surfaces, but they also love concrete bridges over creeks and rivers. The underside of ...

Swallow-tailed kites are a migratory bird species that can be seen in Florida for a portion of the year. Swallow-tailed kites make their nests in tall trees and are social birds, often congregating in ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Many residents around the Austin area may be well aware of the city’s large bat population, with nightly viewings near the South Congress Bridge, but the city is also home to another ...

The four most numerous bird species in the world as listed by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) — house sparrow, barn swallow, European starling and ring-billed gull — are found in Minnesota in ...

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 ...