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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Adding To The Platform

These great egrets have already paired up and she is helping him complete the platform of this nest which is still in an early stage. The stick they are both holding is a larger sturdier one. Both birds still have that deep green at their lores, the breeding colors.
Great Egret (Ardea alba)
UT Southwest Medical Center Rookery

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