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Scientific Name

Cliff Swallows  Hirundo pyrrhonota

Photo Credits: A barn swallow on a nest; W. P. Gorenzel, photographer

Sign

Damage

• mud nests and droppings on buildings are nuisance

Cliff Swallow Nests

Swallow (cliff) nests on building Description: Swallows can colonize and build these nests within days. Photo Credits: Used with permission from Univ. of CA. Statewide IPM Project, W.P. Gorenzel, photographer

Solutions

Habitat Modification

• netting or slick agents on potential nest sites;
• flaps on hangar doors;
• special permit required for nest removal

Repellents

Trapping

Shooting

Toxicants

Diseases-Safety

University Publications

Cliff Swallows--Univ. of California

Swallow Video (Real Player) 14.3 Mg.  Video taken by Stephen Vantassel of Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln in June 2005. Images are of swallows flying up to nesting areas located underneath a bridge located in the western edge of Lincoln, NE. Time taken was around 7:00 pm. CST.

Swallow Video 1 (Real Player) 14.3 Mg.  Video taken by Stephen Vantassel of Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln in June 2005. Images are of swallows flying up to nesting areas located underneath a bridge located in the western edge of Lincoln, NE. Time taken was around 7:00 pm. CST.