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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Great Egret Fledgling
This was the first fledgling I saw at the rookery. Naturally it was a great egret. Just out for a morning stroll. Almost the size of an adult, but that baby fuzz on top of the head gives them away every time.
Great Egret Fledgling (Ardea alba)
UT Southwest Medical Center Rookery
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