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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I Can See An Egg!

When the parent stood up to adjust some sticks, I was able to see one of the eggs. I was surprised because some of my research sites said they would be bluish/green with speckles and this large egg was cream colored with brown speckles. Did more research and found the eggs can be both colors, even saw a photo of a nest with 2 blue eggs and one cream with spots egg.
Adult breeding American White Ibis (Eudocimus albus)
UT Southwest Medical Center Rookery

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