SEEKONK – The chimney swift may not readily come to mind when you think of birds in need of conservation. Walk along a riverbank or through a field in the eastern half of the country on a summer ...

SALEM — The utilities commissioners discussed the possible construction of a habitat to combat declining populations of a native bird species at the East Cold Run Reservoir. During the commission’s ...

If your house has a brick chimney, you may have some unexpected bird visitors this summer. But please don’t shoo them away. “If it were me, I would say enjoy listening to them,” said Greg Harber with ...

EAST LIVERPOOL — Those driving around in parts of Columbiana County lately may have noticed some tall thin structures. These are Chimney Swift Towers that have been built and installed by volunteers ...

It was an appropriate place to watch the birds come home to roost. It was at the Homecoming Restaurant in Spring Green this past weekend where the migrating chimney swifts descended at dusk to the ...

What is this contraption going up in East River State Park in Williamsburg? It is a chimney swift nest tower courtesy of the Audubon Society, which is installing them in several parks across the city ...

I was working in my home office in Decatur one day last week when my wife, Laura, yelled to me from downstairs: “There’s a bird in the house.” I caught the bird, an adult chimney swift, in our dining ...