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# Happy Thanksgiving 2024: Not every bird is a turkey
- URL: https://bsquarebulletin.com/happy-thanksgiving-2024-not-every-bird-is-a-turkey/
- Published: 2024-11-28T16:22:38.000Z
- Updated: 2025-02-24T21:24:30.000Z
- Author: Dave Askins
- Tags: Old B Square, #imported-whole

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As the old Thanksgiving saying goes, “The early bird gets the worm, but not every bird is a turkey, or even a bird.”

The wisdom in that old chestnut was evident this morning on a quick tour from 6th Street in downtown Bloomington, north on Walnut Street to Miller-Showers Park, and back to downtown, on a loop that included the Indiana University campus.

The inventory of turkeys was zero. But the B Square documented a red-tailed hawk on top of the AT&T building, some mallard ducks at the Miller-Showers detention ponds, a bluejay in a bush along the way, and two squirrels.

Temperatures hovered around 37 F degrees. A foggy overcast sky kept the sun from breaking through.

The weather forecast calls for freezing temperatures overnight, cold enough that Bloomington’s [emergency severe weather shelter has been activated](https://bsquarebulletin.com/2024/11/26/call-for-helpers-as-cold-spell-activates-bloomington-emergency-shelter-on-thanksgiving-night/) starting Thanksgiving night.

Happy Thanksgiving, Bloomington.

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**Added 3:15 p.m on Nov. 28, 2024 Loons at Lake Monroe, Paynetown**

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