I wonder how many people assume the carved falcon on the top is actually a real pigeon temporarily perched there?

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The Cleland family crest, featuring a hare with a hunting horn, on the top of the Cleland Testimonial buidling on the corner of Buchanan Street and Sauchiehall Street in Glasgow.

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It was built the 1830s in memory of Dr James Cleland who served as the Superintendent for Public Works for Glasgow between 1814 and 1834. He was one of the main drivers behind the creation of a public park at Glasgow Green.

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