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Earth Matters: When, or if, the swallows return: Massachusetts’ iconic cliff swallows in decline

“When the swallows come back to Capistrano” is a phrase with a long history in U.S. popular culture. It refers to a colony of cliff swallows located at Mission San Juan Capistrano in Southern California. The swallows’ return to the mission every spring has been inspirational to many Americans for over a century, including musician […]

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