Every year residents of San Juan Capistrano expect locks of swallows to return from their winter hiatus in Argentina. They are due o arrive today. The eaves of the local mission in this southern California town ave served as swallow nesting sites for decades. NPR's Mandelit (man-duh-LEET) elBarco reports that the mission has undergone renovations that damaged the ests, and citizens are worried that the swallows will not return.
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