View Full Version : The Swallows of San Juan Capistrano While
visiting the city of Goya
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goya,_Corrientes), Argentina, I
was surprised to find a monument commemorating the Capistrano-
Goya bond made by the swallows that travel each year from one
city to the other. Food, reproduction, etc, partially explain
the facts, but investigating the issue I can't find anything
meaningful about how or why they develop this behavior.
03-13-2009, 10:38 AM It's not any particular behavior. The
swallows return because the missions because they are good
nesting places for them (they like the rock walls). They don't
arrive on any one day -- they start arriving days before and
keep on arriving days after. People just mark the day, say "Gee,
I see a lot of sparrows" and figure they all showed up at once.
03-13-2009, 02:10 PM I'm having a lot of trouble verifying that
it is actually the same swallows that nest in Capistrano that
also spend the winter in Goya. A lot of websites state this, but
provide n