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Retro photos for July 4th: Red-tailed hawk, great white egret, great blue heron

Fourth of July parade flyover Three birds Photographically frozen in flight One red, one blue, one white Hawk, heron and great egret They could not know they made a flag And if they did, they would not brag Because the human course of events Does not hold nature in suspense

B Square file photos of local Bloomington birds photographed in 2023 by Dave Askins.

B Square file photos of local Bloomington birds photographed in 2023 by Dave Askins.

This is a B Square “reprint” from July 4, 2023.

Fourth of July parade flyover

Three birds
Photographically frozen in flight
One red, one blue, one white

Hawk, heron and great egret
They could not know they made a flag
And if they did, they would not brag

Because the human course of events
Does not hold nature in suspense

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