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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Baby Anhinga Stretching Its Wings

So young there are no feathers and you can barely see any fuzzy down. These babies hands down get my vote for most odd looking babies.
Anhinga Nestling (Anhinga anhinga)
UT Southwest Medical Center Rookery

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