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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Not Long Now
I'd been watching this newest nest for about 3 weeks so there should be chicks very soon. Anhinga eggs incubate for 25 to 30 days. Note she has lost all the blue around her eyes.
Female Anhinga ( Anhinga anhinga)
UT Southwest Medical Center Rookery
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