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 9 of 14
One baby watches as the other one stretches the parents neck way out in an effort to get regurgitated food. This position has got to be painful for the parent.
Great Egret Fledglings (Ardea alba)
UT Southwest Medical Center Rookery
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