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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Returning To The Nest

I made a second trip around the rookery and when I came upon the ibis nest again, the sibling branchers had returned to the nest. After branching, baby birds return to the nest for feedings from the parents.
American White Ibis Branchers (Eudocimus albus)
UT Southwest Medical Center Rookery

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