Bluebirds aren't the only species to use nest boxes! Learn about tree swallows' nesting habits and why you should welcome ...

The tree swallow is typically a straightforward enough bird to identify, even for newer birders. With shiny, almost ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Years ago, my wife and I took a ride along the coast. We ended up at Parker ...

It’s Feb. 20 and the first spring migrant is flying low over the waters of a mountain lake in Transylvania County. The first tree swallow has arrived, but winter has not yet retreated and it’s a ...

A bird in the box is worth two in the bush, Bronx high school students learned this spring. Teenagers from Arturo A. Schomburg Satellite Academy in Longwood worked with Rocking the Boat, a local ...

The eastern bluebird has been the featured subject at least two dozen times over the 26-plus years Focus On Nature has been running on these pages. It’s a subject guaranteed to brings notes and calls.

It’s September and that means everyday tree swallows are putting on their spectacular autumnal avian display near the mouth of the Connecticut River. Hundreds of thousands of the birds come from all ...

In March, right before spring break, a couple of Kutztown University bird watchers got together in the biology building to build some bird boxes that could bring more Eastern bluebirds and the elusive ...

An annual project by the Juneau Audubon Society to provide boxes for tree swallows to nest in the City and Borough of Juneau had a successful year gathering data, even as the population of birds ...

The general trend in Marin bird migration is for most of winter’s abundant shorebirds and waterfowl to head north each spring, soon replaced by a variety of mostly insect-eating songbirds from Mexico ...