Legend has it the Swallows return to the Mission at San Juan Capistrano every year on March 19th. This shot taken on March 19th, 1990 shows the early vanguard of the coming hordes taken in the early morning on that fateful day. Of particular interest is the arc formed by the birds swooping down onto the mission wall, and the fact that what may appear at first glance to be 5 birds in the arc is actually 3 birds and the tops of some distant trees.