TOWNSEND, Ont. – The long grass sways as a soft summer wind sweeps under two strange structures, blowing with it the faint smell of manure, in an otherwise empty Ontario field. Under one, which looks ...

From purple martins to barn swallows, find out how to spot and identify 8 members of the swallow bird family during summer.

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The Goss Farm barn in Rye is temporarily closed due to a health hazard from accumulated barn swallow droppings. The closure will last through the spring and summer while the Conservation Commission ...

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Among the birds of summer, swallows hold prominent places. Places. Plural. Because several members of the swallow family spend the summer months in our area. These birds are closely related, as their ...

This past week, in a quest to find refuge in nature and away from the coming apocalypse, I installed the Merlin Bird ID app to help me identify birds by sight and song. My first time using Merlin I ...

Many bird species bond with humans as a function of their lifestyle and their names often reflect those bonds, like house wren, house finch, house sparrow and barn swallow. Barn swallows often build ...

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