Local law enforcement is preparing to investigate an incident with felony implications after approximately 50 Cliff Swallow chicks were deliberately knocked from their nests and trampled to death in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

An old saying goes, “One swallow doesn’t make a summer.” Fortunately, we don’t have to settle for just one species. During the summer, members of the swallow bird family are common all over North ...

Cliff swallows are said by ornithologists to show the highest degree of colonization of any of the 89 swallow species in the world. Colonies can number from 200 to more than 2,000 nests. They could be ...

A Sebastopol city worker unleashed a torrent of public criticism this month, followed by a subsequent apology from the city, after he scraped away up to 200 mud nests made by cliff swallows under 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 ...