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, ...
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 ...
Placement, construction, shape and material are essential nest considerations. Each species meets its own needs with its own style, developed over eons. Many bird species employ feathers in their ...
Mating by birds — the passage of sperm from the male to fertilize eggs produced by the female — is quite unlike that of mammals. It begins with the male Tree Swallow, in this case, finding an ...
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 ...
On a murky day toward the end of February, I went with a friend on the Boy Scout Camp Trail. Rain and warm temperatures had turned the snow to unpleasant deep slush and puddles in some places. As ...
NORTH CENTRE TWP. – Lauri Green nestled into her lawn chair and pointed binoculars at the house of a new family. The home, Nest Box 26, contained four tree swallows born nine days earlier. The birds’ ...
What functions do mix of feathers have in a tree swallow bird nest? Pa. researchers look for answers
Tree swallow nests across Pennsylvania are being collected for an investigation into the patterns that the common, fast-flying, cavity-nesting birds might incorporate into their nest construction.
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 ...
Several times in the last few weeks I have responded to a request for help identifying a “big swarm of birds.” They were swirling, swooping and diving over the sea oats on Tybee, above a lagoon on ...
A new paper in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry indicates high levels of exposure to "forever chemicals" in the ...
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