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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Rookery Rabbit

As I was walking the rookery perimeter path, I caught movement behind me from the corner of my eye. Turned around and found this rabbit hopping right behind me like it was following me. When I turned around, it sat and looked at me. Wild adult cottontail, not a pet rabbit. Just sat and let me take its photo. Very pretty bunny.
Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus)
UT Southwest Medical Center Rookery

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