Swallows Make Their Homes at Home Improvement Center

The in San Juan Capistrano is famous as a home foras they fly back from Argentina every year, but San Clemente is also home to the seasonal songbirds.

Here, the swallows have picked a more secular nesting place: The eaves of Home Improvement Center at Pico Plaza. Take a look at the eaves over the entrance closest to the lumber loading area--more than a dozen mud-and-straw nests are nestled in the corners, usually with a tiny, white-crested head looking down inquisitively at passing customers.

To see them the most active, stop by super early in the morning or at dusk.