Visitors to Mission San Juan Capistrano in the next month may hear the song of a familiar bird near a statue honoring Father Junipero Serra. No, the cliff swallows haven’t returned to the mission – at ...

Swallows and martins occupy many habitats, from open prairies to coastal wetlands to city skylines. They have adapted to life ...

Barn swallows zip through the air in rapid twists and turns at speeds reaching 50 mph. When they make a pit stop, its to plaster mud pellets into their cup-shaped nests. We may see the nests under ...

Well, the first swallows have begun to arrive so summer must be on the way!

Parks Canada is launching a new project this fall to listen for a species of tiny birds that make their home in the red cliffs of Prince Edward Island National Park. Hailey Paynter, an ecologist at ...

As they do each year on March 19, hordes of people have flocked to San Juan Capistrano, necks craned hopefully to the sky. They're eager to witness the annual return of the cliff swallows to the ...