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# Photos: Birds in Bloomington parks (April 10, 2022)
- URL: https://bsquarebulletin.com/photos-birds-in-bloomington-parks-april-10-2022/
- Published: 2022-04-10T19:47:53.000Z
- Updated: 2025-02-25T01:47:58.000Z
- Author: Dave Askins
- Tags: Old B Square, #imported-whole

![mallad duck sitting on a stone wall with water in foreground, and in the right of the frame in the distance a great blue heron is visible.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/20/6f/206f9007-c0a7-47d4-b87b-686c21961f22/content/images/2025/02/bsquarebulletin.comwp-contentuploads2022042022-04-10-mallard-with-heron-in-backgroundIMG_4900-1.jpeg) ![two Canada geese sitting in the water, with vegetation floating around](https://storage.ghost.io/c/20/6f/206f9007-c0a7-47d4-b87b-686c21961f22/content/images/2025/02/bsquarebulletin.comwp-contentuploads2022042022-04-10-heron-IMG_4937.jpeg) ![great blue heron standing in water with vegetation around facing to the left so it is in profile](https://storage.ghost.io/c/20/6f/206f9007-c0a7-47d4-b87b-686c21961f22/content/images/2025/02/bsquarebulletin.comwp-contentuploads2022042022-04-10-keep-heron-IMG_5004.jpeg) 

Miller-Showers Park, which is on the north side of town nestled between College Avenue and Walnut Streets, is a favorite spot for The B Square to visit on a pleasant weekend afternoon.

Around 2 p.m. on Sunday the temperature was about 60 F degrees with mostly clear skies.

Resting on the retaining wall of the lower (northernmost) pool of the park was a mallard. The duck un-burrowed its head from its feathers just long enough to be photographed.

Unnoticed by The B Square at the time was the photobombing of the mallard by a great blue heron, which was wading in the waters to the east of the lower pool. A pair of Canada geese floated not far away. 

The heron itself eventually captured The B Square’s attention. The 20 mph breeze out of the southeast was enough to ruffle the heron’s feathers, but otherwise seemed unperturbed.

Leading from Miller-Showers the city of Bloomington is eventually supposed to build a bicycle-pedestrian path to the north, connecting Miller Showers to Lower Cascades Park.

On Sunday, the road with its newly installed speed humps served as The B Square’s route.

At Lower Cascades, a red-tailed hawk swooped over the playground and alighted high in a tree on the far side of the creek, but only for a minute. It clung to its perch, which was unstable under the breeze, then flew off.

**Photos: Miller-Showers, Lower Cascades (April 10, 2022)**

![a red-tailed hawk sitting on a tree branch facing away with tail feathers pointed towards the camera with head turned to left so its beak is in profile](https://i0.wp.com/bsquarebulletin.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/2022-04-10-keep-hawk-IMG_5059.jpeg?resize=600%2C450&ssl=1)

Maybe a red-tailed hawk.

![great blue heron standing in water with vegetation around facing to the left so it is in profile](https://i0.wp.com/bsquarebulletin.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/2022-04-10-heron-IMG_4946.jpeg?resize=600%2C800&ssl=1)

![great blue heron standing in water with vegetation around facing to the left so it is in profile](https://i0.wp.com/bsquarebulletin.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/2022-04-10-heron-IMG_5024.jpeg?resize=600%2C800&ssl=1)

![great blue heron standing in water with vegetation around facing to the left so it is in profile](https://i0.wp.com/bsquarebulletin.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/2022-04-10-keep-heron-IMG_5004.jpeg?resize=600%2C800&ssl=1)

Maybe a great blue heron.

![](https://i0.wp.com/bsquarebulletin.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/2022-04-10-heron-IMG_4975.jpeg?resize=600%2C450&ssl=1)

![great blue heron standing in water with vegetation around facing to the left so it is in profile](https://i0.wp.com/bsquarebulletin.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/2022-04-10-heron-IMG_4912.jpeg?resize=600%2C300&ssl=1)

![great blue heron standing in water with vegetation around facing to the left so it is in profile](https://i0.wp.com/bsquarebulletin.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/2022-04-10-heron-IMG_4927.jpeg?resize=600%2C450&ssl=1)

![great blue heron standing in water with vegetation around facing to the left so it is in profile](https://i0.wp.com/bsquarebulletin.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/2022-04-10-heronIMG_4984.jpeg?resize=600%2C800&ssl=1)