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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Nest Full Of Babies
Three older great egret nestlings wait for a parent to return and feed them. Food must have been plentiful for all 3 to have made it this long. Often, one of the siblings would have been killed or pushed out of the nest by this age.
Great Egret Nestling(Ardea alba)
UT Southwest Medical Center Rookery
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