We have barn swallows to thank for another reason. Sadly, during in the Victorian era, milliners created women's hats using lavish arrays of bird feathers -- sometimes entire birds themselves.

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Cliff Swallow vs. Barn Swallow: Diet. Cliff swallows mainly eat flying insects, and they are opportunistic predators, meaning they do not care what order or family these insects belong to.

A look at the early life of a barn swallow nestling, from hatching blind and featherless to fledging, and how parents ...

We have barn swallows to thank for another reason. Sadly, during in the Victorian era, milliners created women's hats using lavish arrays of bird feathers -- sometimes entire birds themselves.

Barn swallows, Hirundo rustica, ... In 1968, the white-eyed river martin, a beautiful new species with very, very, long tail feathers, was discovered in Thailand but has not been seen since 1980, not ...

Barn swallows frequently nest under bridges or on open porches, using mud and feathers to build sturdy nests. Some pairs return to the same spot for years, often raising two broods each spring and ...

Watching graceful barn swallows. The aerial wonders seek docks, ... They are built of mud pellets, reinforced with grass, and lined with feathers and fine grasses.

We’ve all got our favorite signs of the changing seasons: first trillium, first crocus, first evening peeper chorus, first gelatinous mass of frogs’ eggs in a vernal pool. One of mine is the sensation ...

Barn swallows, infamous for their mud nests in doorways, are returning. Once they make a nest, you can't legally remove them. Here's what you need to know.

Barn swallows are migrating back to Central Texas, and while they provide an ecological service by eating insects, ... You can’t possess feathers, the nest, the eggs.