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

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

<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/1920x1080!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F95%2F7d%2F258dfede428baf7dfaa63a6d4704%2Ffarflungpostcard-ruth2.jpg' alt='undefined'/><p>The scythe-winged birds have nested in the cracks of the Western Wall and other holy sites in Jerusalem for thousands of years. </p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=g-s1-134756' />