Last Sunday Fort Wadsworth had an open house as part of National Parks Week and in celebration of the centennial of the National Parks Service. It was a true spring afternoon, a lovely day to be ...

An old saying goes, “One swallow doesn’t make a summer.” Fortunately, we don’t have to settle for just one species. During the summer, members of the swallow bird family are common all over North ...

One warm and muggy morning on my walk, I notice swallows gathering on overhead power lines. The pair closest to me are northern rough-wings, and they are well into the throes of courtship: she, ...

The annual swallow show is ramping up on Plum Island! Plentiful fruit and insects on the Parker River Refuge attracts tens of thousands of swallows in mid-August, and this birding spectacle is one ...

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about the spectacle of swallows that occurs on Plum Island during August. Last week, a customer came into the store all excited that he witnessed “the peak” of the event ...