Barn Swallow
| Hirundo rustica | Order: Passeriformes | Family: Hirundinidae (Swallows) |
Hirundo rustica
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Hirundinidae (Swallows)
This widespread swallow is probably the species that inspired Aristotle’s “one swallow does not a summer make.” One population of Barn Swallows nests in South America during the northern winter.
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Laura's Published Works
Radio Programs
- Birds in Art, Part 3: When Birds and Humans Intersect 2022
- Our Far-Flung Correspondents: WDRT Listener Mark Kastel's Barn Swallows 2021
- Migration Begins Softly 2020
- Birding in the Tiniest State 2019
- The Floodgates Open! 2017
- Correcting Egregious Errors 2016
- My First Book: The Little Golden Book Bird Stamps 2014
- Nature: Cataloging the particular 2014
- Machias Seal Island, Part III: On the Island! 2013
- A Walk in Port Wing 2013
- Purple Finch 2011
- Birds of Iraq 2006
- Migration Update 2006
- A Walk in Port Wing 2003
- Human and Avian Migrations 2003
- Solving Bird Problems 2002
- Niagara Falls 2002
- American Heritage Dictionary 2002
- Book Club; The Yearling 2001
- 100,000 Miles (Ford Aspire) 2000
- Swallows in Winter 2000
- Hibernate 1999
- Migration 1996
- 100,000 miles 1994
- Homing, Part II (Re-recorded) 1991
- Barn Swallows 1989
- Hibernation 1989
- 100,000 Miles (Chevy Citation) 1987
- Barn Swallow 1987
- Homing, Part II (Original) 1986
- Swallow Migration 1986