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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Feeding Great Egret Fledglings Is Violent 2 of 14
While I watched, one of the fledglings reached up and grabbed the parents head. The grip looked like it would hurt. Three unrelated babies below them showed no interest whatsoever.
Great Egret Fledglings (Ardea alba)
UT Southwest Medical Center Rookery
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