UTSW Rookery

Spring 2016 I started visiting the bird rookery at UTSW Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. It was my first time to see a rookery. In this gallery I am attempting to document what takes place in a rookery for each species of aquatic bird that comes here. It has been an amazing journey that I am sharing here. There are 8 species that nest here and I will divide them by species in the order that they show up.

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Crowded Nest

This anhinga nest won for most babies. It had 4 anhinga chicks. Food must have been abundant to raise so many to this age. The 4th head is peeking out from all that fluffiness.
Anhinga Nestlings (Anhinga anhinga)
UT Southwest Medical Center Rookery

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