Cliff Swallows

For information look at http://akgap.uaa.alaska.edu/species-data/cliff-swallow-seasonal-range/ And /sites/default/files/Petrochelidon_pyrrhonota_report.pdf And this interesting report about them telling each other where the best bugs are...

Barn Swallows in Alaska

For information on Barn Swallows look at Brown, Charles R. and Mary Bomberger Brown. 1999. Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica), The Birds of North America Online (A. Poole, Ed.). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology; Retrieved from the Birds of North America...

Tree Swallows

For information on Tree Swallow nest boxes and other information look at http://www.treeswallowprojects.com/basics.html For information on them in Alaska look at...

Bank Swallows Nesting in Juneau, Alaska

NOTE: this is an ongoing project and will be updated from time to time. Information on Bank Swallows in Alaska can be found at http://aknhp.uaa.alaska.edu/species_summary_reports/pdfs/31.pdf More information can be found by looking...

Aggressive Swallows

Over the years I have seen a few interesting aggressive actions by swallows in Alaska. This video illustrates three of them. The first one concerns Tree Swallows — at a nest four swallows were entering the nest and interacting with each other. What was happening...