Aquatic Birds

Little Blue Heron & a Cattle Egret

There was a little blue heron & a cattle egret way out on the spillway, still with breeding colors. Both species nest at the UTSW rookery. Every now & then they show up at White Rock lake to do a bit of fishing.
Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)

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