Dear Heloise: Our residential neighborhood has barn swallows. In mid-May, we realized that they had built a beautiful nest in the corner of our very small porch, and a female sat on it as the male ...

Just finished cleaning the nest boxes I manage at a golf course near our home. There are 40 boxes on the trail. Use splits about 50/50 between Tree Swallows and Eastern Bluebirds. House Wrens 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 ...

On a recent visit to Bethpage State Park, I went with Kathy Wegman, a retired environmental horticulturist, as she checked bluebird and tree swallow nest boxes. At the first bluebird nest box, a ...

Concern about how climate change affects food security usually focuses on agriculture in resource-poor countries. But disruptions to weather patterns threaten food supplies for wildlife too. Walk ...

When going for walks in late July, much of the route is spent looking at summer wildflowers; many still in bloom while others have gone to seed. New ones are seen each day. In the woods, more moisture ...

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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A member of the Trout River Environmental Committee took this photo of tree swallow eggs inside one of the new banding boxes.