Show BIRD intelligence by george B brownell in the aquarian age i one of the first structures built in california by the famed priest father gunipero Juni pero serra was thi the san juan capistrano mission in the southern part of this state the beautiful gardens are still there as they were were kept by the early padres but only a portion of the church edifice je remains mains one end with a part of the high rounded ceiling Swallow shave from the early days made this their b home ome these birds arrive at the beginning of spring and leave in au autumn 1 dumn flying out to sea to parts unknown every springtime springtime c ion march not a day before nor a day after they corne come in thousands from over the sea and a battle royal ensues as they vie with jh sparrows for possession of their old nests and it is always a a losing game for the spar span rows it seems the spar sparrows Tows upon the departure of tile the swallows app their nests and use lise them during the winter months until e evicted in the springtime the swallows leave on october and they have never been known k to leave a day sooner or a day later and it Is an odd coincidence that their arrival is on st josephs day and their de departure on san juans day all of these little creatures ot of the wild are watched avei over by higher did not the christ chast say not a sparrow shall fall anthe on the ground without your father and not one of them is forgotten before god watt matt 1029 and luke A woman I 1 used to know possessed pos sesser of very remarkable clairvoyant and powers said among many other unusual things that she had heard in autumn before th the conling coming of an untimely cold wave a great voice in the ethers telling the crickets to seek shelter 1 it was some overseeing intelligence radioing to them a message they could understand and heed beed those who know about the fairy kingdoms and other orders of intelligence will understand this and so it is with these birds on a stated day in the springtime in some distant land they catch and obey some mysterious leading and travel to these storied ruins arriving on a particular day not a day before or a day after and again in in autumn on a given day are lad to commence their long journey to the other land there are more things in heaven and ear earth th horatio than are of in your phy r |