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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Documented Success
The last shot I took was of what is probably post coital bonding behavior. They were weaving their heads back and forth, sometimes rubbing heads and necks together. These two seem to have found what they were looking for at the rookery.
Male and Female Anhinga ( Anhinga anhinga)
UT Southwest Medical Center Rookery
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