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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One Fishie Down The Hatch

Thanks to the sunlight, you can actually see the fish that the parent just fed this baby. The sibling looks like it is asking, where is my fishie?
Great Egret Hatchlings(Ardea alba)
UT Southwest Medical Center Rookery

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