Federal law prohibits disturbing barn swallows once they nest, so you should consider taking preventative action now.

Barn swallows are migrating back to Central Texas, and while they provide an ecological service by eating insects, their mud nests and mess can be a problem.

Barn swallows are pretty common here in East Texas,” says Jessica Coleman the Secretary with Tyler Audubon Society.

It is in consequence of this that not only the domesticated, but the so-called wild, animals and birds of ... of its nest and rearing of its young that the Japanese swallow pays the highest ...

This is because swallows are migratory birds, often seen returning to their nesting grounds in the springtime to mate and give birth to a new generation of birds. This is seen as a sign of hope, ...

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