Nature has a tendency to lure us in with its beauty, then remind us in the same breath that it operates by principles far ...
Many backyard birders grow concerned when another species swoops into their bluebird boxes. A closer look at who’s moving in is warranted, since invasive species like house sparrows can harm and even ...
To travel — and to do so well — is to move away from the mundane and experience a sense of respite from reality. And there are few places in the world that not only make such a powerful play for this, ...
“When the swallows come back to Capistrano” is a phrase with a long history in U.S. popular culture. It refers to a colony of cliff swallows located at Mission San Juan Capistrano in Southern ...
Since I first started putting up bluebird nesting boxes back in 2016, I have had to think about a much less-beloved bird, the house sparrow, that also loves nesting in these boxes. House sparrows are ...
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 ...
It was — for far more than one reason — for the birds. Barn swallows — with their young tucked in a pair of nests built in the low-ceiling between two rows of stanchioned cows — were my ...
In 1934 a song called “The Bluebird of Happiness” with lyrics by Edward Heyman hit the airways to popular acclaim. Today, a Chester County woman, Marilyn Michalski of Phoenixville, can lay claim to ...
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. — Every Spring, Cliff Swallows fly over 6,000 miles from South America to bulid their nests in Santa Barbara County. Though they used to build their nests near cliffs, ...
Here’s a fun quiz to celebrate bird nesting season in New Hampshire. Listen to this episode and see how many bird nests you can identify, just by hearing a description! Bird species choose different ...
WEST POINT, Ohio — An eagles nest in Columbiana County in eastern Ohio fell from a tree during strong winds from storms when a limb gave way, killing two eaglets inside. Members of the West Point, ...