Look at all those mouths to feed! Marjorie Powell introduces the beautiful barn swallow. You may see these small birds zipping through the air at Crab Cove visitors center, Jean Sweeney Park, and ...

Swallows have many similarities, but their nests hint at important differences. Of the many birds adapted to catch flying insects on the wing, swallows are among the most familiar and romanticized ...

Swallows' feet are small, so the birds scoop up mud pellets with their beaks. Barn swallows usually nest in small colonies. Like other swallows, both parents incubate the eggs and feed the young.

THE SWALLOWS AND THE MISSION. Why these birds are tied to San Juan Capistrano. San Juan Capistrano resident Jan Siegel, a mission volunteer and history enthusiast, said the story of the swallows ...

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.

The Swallows Day parade, which has been a tradition since the 1930s, will take place Saturday. And then mission officials will turn their attention back to the birds. More to Read ...

Cliff swallows are abundant and easily recognized. They reward close observation, because they are beautiful birds, subtly colored and graceful in flight. Plus, ...

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.

There is something remarkable about seeing a bird like a cliff swallow. On the West Coast, these are the birds that are the famed swallows of Capistrano.