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10 fascinating barn swallow facts

From symbolism to bug catching abilities, there's a lot to learn about a barn swallow. Learn about their nests, songs, range ...
From purple martins to barn swallows, find out how to spot and identify 8 members of the swallow bird family during summer.
The Outside Story shows how turtles have the capacity to withstand freezing temperatures in winter, some by freezing ...
When temperatures drop, some water turtles — including painted turtles and common snapping turtles — search out the soft ...
Folly Farm has been named runner-up in a UK wildlife restoration award. The Pembrokeshire visitor attraction was recognised ...
Folly Farm has been named runner-up in a UK wildlife restoration award. The Pembrokeshire visitor attraction was recognised for its Hafod yr Adar swift conservation tower project at the British and ...
Untreated scrap wood can be useful for all kinds of projects. Get your creative juices flowing with these 10 ideas for DIY bird-attracting features.
I am often asked if our local bird populations are being affected by global warming. Academic studies have determined that ...
LOS ANGELES - When Debbie and Dana Smith decided to put up an owl box to attract owls as a natural form of rat control at ...
The University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Extension in Pinellas County is hosting nest box building events before the owl’s breeding season starts. Andrea Kiernan attended a nest ...
For hundreds of years, people believed that, come autumn, barn swallows would dive under the surface of ponds and lakes, swim ...
These were Laurie Wolf’s first thoughts when she noticed something small and fluffy bobbing up and down inside the nest box in her Jupiter, Florida, backyard. An eastern screech owl had taken up ...