Today marks the traditional date that the swallows return to the Old Mission at San Juan Capistrano in California. This miracle of bird migration occurs every year as the mission itself becomes home to thousands building their mud nests in the tiniest of crevices. While their numbers are not as large in the city proper as in the past, it is still something to see and quite a local event. Here's more on the return of the swallows.
The mission is 6th of 21 missions built by Franciscan monks, initially led by Father Junipero Serra. Stretching up the California coast starting in San Diego, the missions are supposed set a day's walk apart. Another thought is that they are a day's horseback ride apart. Click here for more on California's missions.
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