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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Brooding White Ibis

This was the first ibis nest that I found. The parents take turns brooding the eggs. Research says that the males stays with the nest during the day more and the female at night so this could be the father. The genders look alike. He looks happy, the curve of that bill makes it look like it is smiling.
Adult breeding American White Ibis (Eudocimus albus)

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