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Went to a graduation party in Monticello, Minnesota.
The American Legion Post 60 hosted the little event (cake was sweet, the drinks were plentiful).
Outside the hall sat a sculpture dedicated to one Elmer Cole - a man who clearly served his country well. It's a metal piece of an eagle holding a salmon in it's clutches.
I'm no art critic, not by a long shot. But it was done in what appeared to be large metal sheets fashioned together. There were gaps here and there in the sculpture.
Cool, I thought.
But as I snapped a frame or two I heard a frantic peeping of what sounded like hungry little birds.
I looked up into the eye of the eagle and saw a bit of straw and twig sticking out ... and moving slightly.
And then a grown blackbird came swooping down, landing at the back of the eagle and disappearing. She was there to feed the hungry mouths within.
A couple of regulars at the legion hall said birds have nested in the eagle since the piece was first place in front of the hall four years ago.
My photographic skills were not sharp enough to grab the bird entering or exiting from the steel bird (and I couldn't justify hanging around for another crack at getting the shot -- lest I wanted to be branded anti-social).
As impressive as the artwork might have been, the birds nesting in a bird was even better.
