What birds appear in spring? A good number, though not as many as in fall: orioles, several warblers and flycatchers, lovely buntings and grosbeaks, and above all, swallows. My favorite of these, and ...

Every season has its splendors, but to say that any moment exceeds the height of spring requires a temporary forgetting. The trees have spread their leaves, the air rings with song and the sky is no ...

Swallows appear to be having a good time. With their swept-back, pointed wings, they are swift flyers that tend toward a playful attitude. While many swallows call Teller County home, the violet-green ...

In early May, one of my great pleasures was watching violet-green swallows in their fast, circular flights over water (e.g., the river, Kingfisher Pond). They’d just arrived from their wintering ...

YAKIMA, Wash. As a teenager starting down the road to identifying birds, I found swallow identification very challenging. These little guys are so flitty you can’t get a decent look! With perseverance ...

I was walking in South Lake Tahoe a few mornings back, when above my head there arose such a clatter, so I looked toward the skies to see what was the matter? Swooping overhead was a flock of ...

THE SWALLOWS ARE supposed to return in March and April. Birds don’t always do what we expect them to do. Reports of swallow sightings began coming in this winter, and that is more than a little ...

My 8-year-old son adores barn swallows. Actually, he loves all swallows—tree, violet-green, cliff, bank, cave, you name it. He even loves red-rumped swallows, which is a species that doesn’t even live ...

Have you ever been enjoying an evening stroll through Nottingham Park, when suddenly you see a bright flash of turquoise? Or perhaps you’ve noticed what looks like a group of strange clay beehives ...