The Barn Swallow (Poyser Monographs) 

The Barn Swallow is a familiar and popular bird throughout the world. It is one of the most widely distributed bird species, breeding in North America, Europe, Asia and North Africa and wintering in South America, southern Africa, southern Asia and even northern Australia. Its habit of nesting close to human habitation has made this elegant bird a part of farmyard and village life and a welcome herald of spring.

This book examines all aspects of the life of this endearing bird, with chapters on its flying skills and feeding habits, mate choice, breeding strategies, nest sites, eggs and incubation, nestling rearing, productivity and survival, migratory behaviour and population dynamics. It also considers changes in populations and behaviour in relation to intensive agriculture and climate change.

The Barn Swallow is both engaging and authoritative; birdwatchers will enjoy amazing insights into the life of the species, such as the importance of tail feathers when finding a mate, or the sinister way that some birds kill of the chicks of rivals. Academic scholars will appreciate the book's broad overview of current research on this species.

The Swallow (Shire natural history)

Publisher : Shire Publications; Reprint edition (1 Sept. 1986)

• Language : English
• Paperback : 24 pages
• ISBN-10 : 0852638329
• ISBN-13 : 978-0852638323
• Dimensions : 20.83 x 14.76 x 0.23 cm
  

The Swallow (Hamlyn Species Guides)

This guide to the swallow, a common summer visitor to the British Isles and the most widespread of the swallow and martin family, describes its life and behaviour, and is illustrated with photographs and line drawings aiding identification and close study by amateur birdwatchers. Angela K Turner. Paperback. One of the series of Hamlyn monograph species guides. Excellent text and colour illustrations.

The Swallow (Hosking)

• ASIN : B0007JA6LW
• Publisher : Collins (1 Jan. 1947)
• Language : English
• Hardcover : 60 pages

Children of the Wind: Study of Swallows

• Publisher : Imprint unknown (26 Jun. 1980)
• Language : English
• Hardcover : 70 pages
• ISBN-10 : 0239001966
• ISBN-13 : 978-0239001962

Migration of the Swallow

• Publisher : Littlehampton Book Services Ltd; First Edition (4 Sept. 1974)
• Language : English
• Hardcover : 96 pages
• ISBN-10 : 0854931066
• ISBN-13 : 978-0854931064
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The Swallow: A Biography

With around 700,000 breeding pairs, the swallow is one of the most familiar birds in Britain. Though we consider the swallow to be 'our' bird, we also share this beloved creature with millions of others across the globe. Whilst we see it on a daily basis for half the year, the swallow then flies south to Africa, living on only in our memory in the long, dark winter.
In The Swallow Stephen Moss documents a year of observing the swallow close to home and in the field to shed light on the secret life of this extraordinary bird. We trace the swallow's life cycle and journey, including the epic 12,000-mile round trip it takes every year, to enable it to enjoy a life of almost eternal sunshine, and the key part the swallow plays in our traditional and popular culture.
With beautiful illustrations throughout, this captivating year-in-the-life biography reveals the hidden secrets of this charismatic and beautiful bird.

Coloniality in the Cliff Swallow

Many animal species live and breed in colonies. Although biologists have documented numerous costs (increased competition for limited resources) and benefits (more pairs of eyes to watch for predators) of group living, they often still do not agree on why coloniality evolved in the first place. Drawing on their 12-year study of a population of cliff swallows in Nebraska, USA, the authors investigate 26 social and ecological costs and benefits of coloniality. They explore how these costs and benefits are reflected in reproductive success and survivorship, and speculate on the evolution of cliff swallow coloniality. This study of vertebrate coloniality should be of interest to all who study social animals, including behavioural ecologists, population biologists, ornithologists and parasitologists. Its focus on the evolution of coloniality should also appeal to evolutionary biologists and to psychologists studying decision making in animals. The authors' research on swallows was the subject of an award-winning exhibition at the Peabody Museum of Natural History in New Haven, Connecticut, and was included in the BBC television production, "The Trials of Life".

Handbook to the Swallows and Martins of the World

First review of the family for nearly a hundred years. The fine plates are by Chris Rose, which depict each of the species in exquisite detail. Each plate is accompanied by a brief caption text plus a two-colour distribution and breeding map. The second main section comprises chapters on the family's characteristics, classification, distribution, ecology, behaviour, breeding biology and population status, as well as a short account of each species. Each of these accounts describes the field characteristics, habitat, voice, distribution, movements, behaviour, plumage, races and measurements of the species.
`I feel sure that even the most casual `bird-person' will be as captivated as I am by this gem of a book.' Don Smith, British Birds

Swallows (peter Tate)

Publisher : H.F. & G. Witherby dump list; First Edition (1 Jun. 1982)

• Language : English
• Hardcover : 96 pages
• ISBN-10 : 0854931406
• ISBN-13 : 978-0854931408