Photos | Bloomington resident wildlife update from move-in week: red-tailed hawk, great egret
If they weren’t already in town, Indiana University students arrived this week in Bloomington to start the fall term next Monday.
On Thursday morning, if any them looked skyward in the downtown area, they might have seen a red-tailed hawk perched on top of the Monroe County courthouse. It flew off eastward a couple of blocks and landed on the steeple of the First Presbyterian Church at 6th and Lincoln streets. From there it made a short jump to a tree on the Monroe County Public Library side of the intersection, then crossed 6th Street and landed in a tree next to the big pink house on the north side of the street. It flew off eastward in the direction of campus.
On Thursday evening, any of the students who moved in to the big complexes on North Walnut Street, could have spotted a great egret fishing the waters of the southernmost detention pond of Miller-Showers Park. The big white bird waded the southwest corner for a while, working its way towards the sculpture—a piece by Dale Enochs called “Axis.” It then flew to the east side of the pond where it found some more fish to snack on.
More photos below. (Click on any image for a bigger version.)
Red-tailed hawk, downtown Bloomington (Aug. 18, 2022)
Great egret, Miller-Showers Park Bloomington (Aug. 18, 2022)
