Greetings from Jerusalem, whose holy sites host some of the oldest colonies of nesting swifts - NPR

Ruth Sherlock

Jul 22, 2026

Greetings from Jerusalem, whose holy sites host some of the oldest colonies of nesting swifts - NPR

The scythe-winged birds have nested in the cracks of the Western Wall and other holy sites in Jerusalem for thousands of years.

This spring, I was in Jerusalem reporting a story on the common swift. These scythe-winged birds have nested in the cracks of the Western Wall and other holy sites here for thousands of years. The … [+1207 chars]

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