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asyncritus wrote:

Shrunk wrote:

asyncritus wrote: That’s curious, and not consistent with the facts. Let me remind you that the swallows arrive at the specific location in Capistrano on the 18th March precisely, every year, and leave on Oct 23rd.

This is not actually true. You need to deal with facts, and not myths and folklore. That's how science works.

What are you talking about? Time actually has newsreel footage of this happening. The facts about the godwit and the golden plover are in every textbook about bird migration. Go have a look and stop bleating foolishly.

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif.—Legend has it that migrating swallows once darkened the skies on arrival each spring at Mission San Juan Capistrano.

For decades, however, cliff swallows building mud nests under the mission eaves have dwindled, disappointing visitors who attend festivities celebrating the birds' traditional arrival date, St. Joseph's Day on March 19.

The Orange County Register ( http://bit.ly/HMMmF8) says the mission is now playing recorded swallow courtship songs four hours a day on weekdays to lure them back.

University of Tulsa biology professor Charles Brown says using bird calls to attract them is backed by research.

There aren't any nests yet, but mission development director Barb Beier says there were a few swallows flying overhead on Monday.