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

One of the great joys of spring is the first appearance of the tree swallows. In my yard, this event almost always occurs in the first week of April; this year was no exception. It was a close call, ...

At a crowded Mendenhall Valley Public Library, people gathered for a Wildlife Wednesday hosted by the Southeast chapter of the Alaska Wildlife Alliance to hear naturalist Brenda Wright of the Juneau ...

A male tree swallow gives a good yawn in the early morning light. This photo shows how wide a swallow can open its mouth when trying to capture flying insects. Credit: PHOTO BY BILL DANIELSON One of ...

Recently, I had the pleasure of going birding at Brazos Bend State Park with friends. One of our first sightings of the day was a flock of what had to be at least 500 tree swallows congregating on a ...

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 ...

Tree swallows fill the sky over the Connecticut River near Haddam, Conn. From late August to early October, as many as a million tree swallows gather on a small island near the mouth of the ...

DOUG: WE DON’T MEAN TO FREAK YOU OUT LIKE A HITCHCOCK MOVIE THIS MORNING, BUT THIS MORNING’S WAKE-UP CALL COMING TO US FROM THE PARKER RIVER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE ON PLUM ISLAND. THIS IS A CLOUD OF ...

There are eight species of swallows in North America with seven species in Montana. The cave swallow is mostly found in Texas and Mexico. Tree, violet-green, northern rough-winged, bank, barn, and ...

Hi Bill, I wonder if you could give me some advice about the tree in my garden. It is an ash 30 – 40 feet in height. At the base of the tree, it seems to have grown around part of a metal fence when ...