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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Baby Ibis Stroking Parent's Bill
I observed behavior where a baby ibis was soliciting food from its parent. First the baby rubbed its bill on the parents bill.
Parent and nestlings American White Ibis (Eudocimus albus)
UT Southwest Medical Center Rookery
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