A town-owned, antique barn will keep its windows shut this spring, over concerns about accumulated bird droppings. The birds ...

Barn swallows have been nesting in an old barn in Rye, N.H., for decades. This year, the returning birds will find themselves locked out, and that has ruffled a lot of feathers around town.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. RYE — The barn at Goss Farm has been closed off to the public until the fall due to fecal buildup from barn swallows, frequent ...

You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. TOWNSEND, Ont. — The long grass sways as a soft summer wind sweeps under two strange structures, blowing with ...

The barn swallow is a pretty little bird. It also can be an aggressive little pest. Therefore, human beings, and this individual human, tend to have a love-hate relationship with the swallow. In ...

The barn swallow is bird of the week. It's hard to name any other bird in the last week of August. Barn swallows are abundant in country places. They've finished nesting. The last young-of-the-year at ...

TOWNSEND, Ont. - The long grass sways as a soft summer wind sweeps under two strange structures, blowing with it the faint smell of manure, in an otherwise empty Ontario field. Under one, which looks ...