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A mother wren and its babies in the U.S. Post Office sign

Not far from my house in the busy downtown area of a nearby village is the new and unlikely home for a family of birds. My wife spotted it the other evening. Tucked inside the letter C in the big 3D sign of the U.S. Post Office building was what appeared to be a mother wren and her recently hatched babies. What a spot. Ingenious, really. Protection and easy access. Even a small landing…