Flight: longer, narrower wings and shorter tail than the tree swallow; the violet-green has ... Winter: tidal flats to interior mountains. A few birds in southern California, but most from Mexico ...

TAMPA, Fla. — A bird strike forced a Southwest Airlines flight to turn around shortly after take-off and return to Tampa ...

you can see dozens gathering together in preparation for the return flight to southern Africa. They are perching birds, so their feet are adapted for grasping thin twigs and wires. Swallows are ...