Birds

Earlier this year, Rye’s conservation commission sealed a town-owned barn, essentially evicting a colony of barn swallows that had roosted in the structure each summer for decades. Many residents have moved to reverse that.

Ornithologist Scott Weidensaul discusses bird conservation success stories and suggests four simple things you can do to help birds.

A group of birders visit a landfill on Texas’s southern border in search of a bird. Antics ensue.

New research from the University of Maine records small shorebirds responding aggressively to predatory deer for the first time.

Four Rye residents have filed a lawsuit in hopes of forcing the town to reopen the Goss Farm barn to a colony of barn swallows.

Bluebirds are beautiful and particular; the right nest box will help encourage them to raise a family in your yard.

For some birds, warmer weather is bringing marital problems.

It may not seem like it, but the days are slowly lengthening, and there are other glimmers in the winter landscape.

In winter, many gardeners bring their yards alive with color and movement by feeding birds.

Gino Ellison spent a year trying to see as many birds as possible, and has advice for how you can create your own Big Year.