Look at all those mouths to feed! Marjorie Powell introduces the beautiful barn swallow. You may see these small birds zipping through the air at Crab Cove visitors center, Jean Sweeney Park, and ...

Barn swallows absolutely love flies of all types but readily take beetles, bees, wasps, ants, moths, and other flying insects -- mostly caught on the wing. They seem to prefer, however, big bugs ...

Swallows catch insects on the go, flying fast and low over the ground and water. They owe their agility and maneuverability in large part to their fork-shaped tails.