Tree Swallow
| Tachycineta bicolor | Order: Passeriformes | Family: Hirundinidae (Swallows) |
Tachycineta bicolor
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Hirundinidae (Swallows)
This handsome swallow nests in woodpecker holes, natural cavities, and nest boxes. The iridescent feathers can appear green or blue.
Laura's Published Works
Radio Programs
- Birds in Art, Part 3: When Birds and Humans Intersect 2022
- Looking for the Special Ones 2021
- A Conversation with Don Kroodsma, Part 5: European Starling 2020
- Birding in the Tiniest State 2019
- Arm and Hammer bird trading cards, Part II 2017
- Where have all the insects gone? 2017
- Where Are the Tree Swallows? 2017
- The Floodgates Open! 2017
- Mornings in a Sharp-tailed Grouse Observation Blind 2016
- Evening Grosbeak Decline, Part I 2012
- Alphabet Soup 2011
- Bird Deaths 2011
- Tree Swallow 2010
- Beware the Ideas of March 2009
- Bluebirds and Botflies 2008
- Helping birds in cold weather 2007
- Chickadee vs. Wren 2006
- Migration Update 2006
- Sad Bluebird Report 2005
- A Walk in Port Wing 2004
- April is the cruelest month 2004
- Yard List, Part III 2003
- Sleeping Tight 2002
- David Bird's Kestrels 2002
- Parasites 2002
- Global Warming 2001
- Autumn 2001
- Familiar Places and Bluebirds (Robert Frost's Fragmentary Blue) 2001
- Swallows in Winter 2000
- Enduring Winter at Night 1999
- Altruism 1999
- Luna Moths on Burntside Lake 1997
- Collections 1997
- April 1997
- Discouraging House Sparrows in Nest Boxes 1997
- House Sparrows 1997
- Housewarming Gifts (Placeholder) 1996
- Bird Houses 1996
- Violet-green Swallow 1995
- Bluebirds 1995
- Luna Moth 1994
- Bird Books 1992
- Summer Update 1991
- Bluebird 1990
- April 1989
- Spring is on its way 1989
- Signs of Spring 1988
- Bluebird of Happiness 1987
- More signs of spring 1987
- Early Signs of Spring 1987
- Swallow Migration 1986
- Who Will Love a Little Sparrow? 1986