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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Parent And Child

This is an older nestling. Parent and child seemed to be posing. This baby is getting its feathers in now. The fuzzies on the top of the head will identify it as a young egret for some time to come. Notice how the parent has no breeding colors now. You don't need to dress up for the kids.
Great Egret Nestling(Ardea alba)
UT Southwest Medical Center Rookery

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